Wester Auchengeich Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Wester Auchengeich Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lumloch
Canmore ID 132410
Site Number NS67SW 56
NGR NS 6407 7005
NGR Description Centred on No. 3 Shaft
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Cadder (Strathkelvin-la)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS67SW 56 6407 7005
WESTER AUCHENGEICH Colliery (also known as LUMLOCH Colliery)
Location: Bishopbriggs
Previous Owners: Nimmo & Dunlop
Types of Coal: Gas, House, Steam and Coking
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1928
Year Closed: 1968
Year Abandoned: 1968
Average Workforce: 601
Peak Workforce: 850
Peak Year: 1959
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, No. 3 315m (NS 6407 7005), and No. 4 314m deep (NS 6407 7004)
Details in 1948: Output 920 tons per day, 248,400 tons per annum. 612 employees. Simon Carves Baum-washer [mechanical equipment for the wet cleaning of coal as part of coal preparation]. Baths (1939, for 504 men), canteen, first-aid room. Electricity supply from Clyde Valley. Report dated 19-08-1948.
Other Details: Originally an ironstone pit. Connected to Auchengeich (NS67SE 28).
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
