Archaeology Notes

Event ID 851385

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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BOTHWELL CASTLE Colliery 1 and 2

Location: Bothwell

Previous Owners: William Baird & Company, later Bairds & Scottish Steel Limited

Types of Coal: House and Steam

Sinking/Production Commenced: 1875

Year Closed: 1950

Year Abandoned: 1953

Average Workforce: 623

Peak Workforce: 751

Peak Year: 1947

Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, No. 1 293m, and No. 2 346m deep

Details in 1948: Output 480 tons per day, 129,360 per annum. 646 employees. Screening: 3 tables [equipmwnr for the grading of coal by size] and tipplers [rotary device for the emptying tubs or mine cars onto screens or down a chute to a conveyor or waiting transport]. Campbell Binnie Reid washer [mechanical equipment for the wet cleaning of coal]. Canteen (pieces), no baths. Ambulance room. All electricity AC, and generated at colliery. Report dated 19-08-1948.

[Please note: 'pieces' is a colloquialism for sandwiches].

M K Oglethorpe 2006.