Wester Gartshore Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned), Ironstone Mine (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Wester Gartshore Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned), Ironstone Mine (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ironstone Mine
Canmore ID 45232
Site Number NS67SE 40
NGR NS 6833 7300
NGR Description Centred NS 6833 7300
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Kirkintilloch (Strathkelvin)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS67SE 40.00 centred 6833 7300
(Location cited as NS 6836 7295, centred on shaft No.1). WESTER GARTSHORE Colliery
Parish: Kirkintilloch
Region/District: St/St
Council: East Dunbartonshire
Location: Waterside, nr. Kirkintilloch
Previous Owners: Wallace family of Solsgirth House, and from 1914 the Cadzow Coal Company
Types of Coal: Anthracite, Coking, House and Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1872
Year Closed: 1950
Year Abandoned: 1950
Average Workforce: 299
Peak Workforce: 318
Peak Year: 1947
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, both 274m deep, No. 1 downcast (NS 6836 7295), No. 2 upcast (NS 6827 7289)
Details in 1948: Output 203 tons per day, 54,810 tons per annum. 292 employees. 2 Sherwood Hunter Baum-type washers. Baths (c.1939), canteen, first-aid room. Electricity generated at colliery. Report dated 19-08-1948.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
