Garscube Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Garscube Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gilshie
Canmore ID 132087
Site Number NS56NE 233
NGR NS 5720 6963
NGR Description Centred on Shaft No. 2
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/132087
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 233 centred 5720 6963
This mine was depicted on the 1:10560 scale Ordanance Survey map (Provisional Edition 1958).
Information from RCAHMS (MMD) 20 August 1998.
GARSCUBE Colliery [also known as GILSHIE]
Location: Maryhill, Glasgow
Previous Owners: Summerlee Iron Company until 1897. Re-opened in 1916 by Messrs. Dron & Company until 1921. Thereafter, the Garscube Coal Company Limited
Types of Coal: originally Ironstone, Steam, House and Manufacturing
Sinking/Production Commenced: c.1850
Year Closed: 1966
Year Abandoned: 1967
Average Workforce: 203
Peak Workforce: 311
Peak Year: 1963
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 earlier shafts, 27m (No. 2 NS 5720 6963, No. 3 NS 5724 6962), surface mine (NS 5727 6968). No. 1 (downcast) 1 in 4, 116m, brick and concrete reinforced circle girders, 10' x 8', direct rope haulage. No. 2 (upcast) same dimensions and construction as No. 1, but 110m and 1 in 3, balanced double-drum direct haulage.
Details in 1948: Output: nil. Under reconstruction in 1948, mine driving and development in progress. 110 employees. No washer [mechanical equipment for the wet cleaning of coal as apart of coal preparation prior to sale], no baths. Canteen, first-aid room. Electricity supplied by Glasgow Corporation. Report dated 19-08-1948.
MK Oglethorpe 2006.
