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Bothwell Castle No. 1 And 2, Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bothwell Castle No. 1 And 2, Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 132062
Site Number NS75NW 63
NGR NS 7025 5867
NGR Description Centred NS 7025 5867
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/132062
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Bothwell (Hamilton)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Hamilton
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS75NW 63 centred 7025 5867
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.
