Blantyre Nos. 1, 2 And 5 Collieries
Colliery(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Blantyre Nos. 1, 2 And 5 Collieries
Classification Colliery(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dixon's Colliery
Canmore ID 132431
Site Number NS65NE 46
NGR NS 6827 5624
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/132431
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Blantyre (Hamilton)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Hamilton
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS65NE 46 NS 6827 5624
BLANTYRE Colliery 1 and 2 (and 5) (also known as DIXONS Colliery)
Location: High Blantyre
Previous Owners: Wm Dixon Limited
Types of Coal: House and Manufacturing
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1865
Year Closed: 1957
Year Abandoned: 1957
Average Workforce: 460
Peak Workforce: 533
Peak Year: 1947
Shaft/Mine Details: 3 shafts, No. 1 256m, No. 2 226m, and No. 5 also 226m deep
Details in 1948: Output 450 tons per day, 109,210 tons per annum. 533 employees. Screening plant with 2 tables (mechanically driven apparatus used to grade coal using perforated sheets or an arrangement of horizontal bars) at each pit (Nos. 1 and 2). Lurig washer (wet coalwashing system). No baths. Canteen (sandwiches, or colloquially 'pieces', only), only local doctors as medical service. Steam power for surface. Electricity underground. All electricity supplied by Clyde Valley Power Company Report dated 11-08-1948.
Other Details: Famous for Scotland's worst mining disaster on 22 October 1877 when a firedamp explosion killed at least 207 men. The final death toll remained uncertain because at the time there was no reliable record of the number of men working underground.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
