Tillicoultry Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tillicoultry Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Tillicoultry 1 And 2
Canmore ID 130824
Site Number NS99NW 77
NGR NS 9293 9645
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/130824
- Council Clackmannan
- Parish Tillicoultry (Clackmannanshire)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Clackmannan
- Former County Clackmannanshire
NS99NW 77.00 9293 9645
TILLICOULTRY Colliery (1 and 2)
Location: Tillicoultry
Previous Owners: Alloa Coal Company
Types of Coal: House, Steam and Gas
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1876 (1) 1947 (2)
Year Closed: 1957
Year Abandoned: 1959
Average Workforce: 170
Peak Workforce: 346
Peak Year: 1950
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 surface mines
Details in 1948: Output 220 tons per day, 55,000 tons per annum. 98 employees. Baum-type washer. Baths (1938, for 70 men), canteen. AC electricity from Devon Colliery (National Coal Board NCB) [NS89NE 40.01]. Report dated 25-08-1948.
Other Details: Well known for high productivity, often twice the national man-shift average. Famous for the first underground live TV broadcast from a coal mine on 25 November 1952.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
