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Auchlochan Collieries
The Auchlochan Collieries were several collieries in Auchlochan and Coalburn, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Production started in 1894 - run by Caprington and Auchlochan Collieries Ltd and then by William Dixon & Company from the 1930s before the NCB took over in 1947 - ending in 1968 when the collieries closed. They were served at Auchlochan Platform railway station, part of the Coalburn Branch of the Caledonian Railway The Caledonian Railway (CR) was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh an .... Eight people were killed at the collieries. Collieries * Auchlochan Colliery, Auchlochan * Auchlochan No. 1 Colliery, Coalburn * Auchlochan No. 2 Colliery, Coalburn * Auchlochan No.6 Colliery, Coalburn * Auchlochan No. 7 Colliery, Coalburn * Auchlochan No. 8 Colliery, Coalburn * Auchlochan No.9 Colliery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auchlochan
Auchlochan is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the River Nethan and is located near the villages of Birkwood, Braehead and Coalburn. The nearest town being Lesmahagow which is connected via New Trows Road. History From 1890 to 1968 they were several collieries in the area known as the Auchlochan Collieries. From 1907 to 1965 there was a railway station called Auchlochan Platform railway station. Overview There is a MHA retirement village. As well as a golf club. Notable residents * Ivy Wallace (1915–2006), author and illustrator * George Patterson (1920–2012), engineer and missionary See also *List of places in South Lanarkshire ''Map of places in South Lanarkshire compiled from this list'' The List of places in South Lanarkshire is a list of links for any town, village and hamlet in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. A * Abington * Allanton ... References Villages in South Lanarkshire {{SouthLana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalburn
Coalburn is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. It is located near the villages of Auchlochan, Bankend and Braehead. History The opencast mine that opened in the village in the late 1980s became the biggest mine in Europe by the early 1990s. In 2010 the population was 1267. Coalburn is twinned with Feuchtwangen in Germany and Fanny Bay in Canada. Education Coalburn Primary is a primary school in Coalburn. Their affiliated high school Lesmahagow High School is in the neighbouring town of Lesmahagow. See also * Auchlochan Collieries * Coalburn railway station Coalburn railway station served Coalburn, a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Brita ... References {{authority control Villages in South Lanarkshire Mining communities in Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Lanarkshire
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National Coal Board
The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the United Kingdom's collieries on "vesting day", 1 January 1947. In 1987, the NCB was renamed the British Coal Corporation, and its assets were subsequently privatised. Background Collieries were taken under government control during the First and Second World Wars. The Sankey Commission in 1919 gave R. H. Tawney, Sidney Webb and Sir Leo Chiozza Money the opportunity to advocate nationalisation, but it was rejected. Coal reserves were nationalised during the war in 1942 and placed under the control of the Coal Commission, but the mining industry remained in private hands. At the time, many coal companies were small, although some consolidation had taken place in the years before the war. Formation and organisation The NCB was one of a number of public corporations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coal Mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United Kingdom and South Africa, a coal mine and its structures are a colliery, a coal mine is called a 'pit', and the above-ground structures are a ' pit head'. In Australia, "colliery" generally refers to an underground coal mine. Coal mining has had many developments in recent years, from the early days of men tunneling, digging and manually extracting the coal on carts to large open-cut and longwall mines. Mining at this scale requires the use of draglines, trucks, conveyors, hydraulic jacks and shearers. The coal mining industry has a long history of significant negative environmental impacts on local ecosystems, health impacts on local communities and workers, and contributes heavily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalburn, South Lanarkshire
Coalburn is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. It is located near the villages of Auchlochan, Bankend, South Lanarkshire, Bankend and Braehead, South Lanarkshire, Braehead. History The opencast mine that opened in the village in the late 1980s became the biggest mine in Europe by the early 1990s. In 2010 the population was 1267. Coalburn is twinned with Feuchtwangen in Germany and Fanny Bay in Canada. Education Coalburn Primary is a primary school in Coalburn. Their affiliated high school Lesmahagow High School is in the neighbouring town of Lesmahagow. See also * Auchlochan Collieries * Coalburn railway station References {{authority control Villages in South Lanarkshire Mining communities in Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auchlochan Platform Railway Station
Auchlochan Platform railway station served Auchlochan, a village in the county of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on the Coalburn Branch south of Glasgow. History Opened by the Caledonian Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board. The site today The platform has been removed but the alignment of the line and a level crossing gate show its location. See Also * Auchlochan Collieries The Auchlochan Collieries were several collieries in Auchlochan and Coalburn, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Production started in 1894 - run by Caprington and Auchlochan Collieries Ltd and then by William Dixon & Company from the 1930s before the ... References * * Site of station on navigable O.S. map On line near colliery at centre of map Disused railway stations in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalburn Branch
The Coalburn Branch was a branch line constructed by the Caledonian Railway from Lesmahagow railway station to Bankend railway station. It was the main branch of the Lesmahagow Railway. History Coalburn Branch (1856-1968) *1 December 1866, Motherwell, Ferniegair (Chatelherault), Larkhall (Larkhall East), Ayr Road (Dalserf), Stonehouse, Cots Castle, Bents (Netherburn), Blackwood, Auchenheath and Brocketsbrae railway stations open. * 1 May 1868, Bents is renamed to Netherburn. * 1 June 1869, Brocketsbrae is renamed to Lesmahagow. * 1 October 1876, Tillietudlem opens. * 2 October 1876, Ferniegair and Motherwell are re-located. * 1 November 1891, Coalburn opens. * January 1893, Alton Heights opens. * 1 July 1903, Ayr Road is renamed to Dalserf. * 1 June 1905, Lesmahagow is renamed Brocketsbrae. * 1 July 1905, Stonehouse, Cots Castle and Blackwood closes; Stonehouse opens. * 1 June 1906, Larkhall is renamed to Larkhall East. * 1 January 1917, Ferniegair and Motherwell cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway (CR) was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh and Aberdeen, with a dense network of branch lines in the area surrounding Glasgow. It was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Many of its principal routes are still used, and the original main line between Carlisle and Glasgow is in use as part of the West Coast Main Line railway (with a modified entry into Glasgow itself). Introduction In the mid-1830s, railways in England evolved from local concerns to longer routes that connected cities, and then became networks. In Scotland it was clear that this was the way forward, and there was a desire to connect the Central Belt to the incipient English network. There was controversy over the route that such a line might take, but the Caledonian Railway was formed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of South Lanarkshire
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coal Mines In Scotland
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dead plant matter decays into peat and is converted into coal by the heat and pressure of deep burial over millions of years. Vast deposits of coal originate in former wetlands called coal forests that covered much of the Earth's tropical land areas during the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and Permian times. Many significant coal deposits are younger than this and originate from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. Coal is used primarily as a fuel. While coal has been known and used for thousands of years, its usage was limited until the Industrial Revolution. With the invention of the steam engine, coal consumption increased. In 2020, coal supplied about a quarter of the world's primary energy and over a third of its Electricity generation, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Mines In Scotland
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature. A former may become an integral part of the finished structure, as in an aircraft fuselage, or it may be removable, being using in the construction process and then discarded or re-used. Aircraft formers Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the column length of stringers to prevent instability. Formers are typically attached to longerons, which support the skin of the aircraft. The "former-and-longeron" technique (also called stations and stringers) was adopted from boat construction, and was typical of light aircraft built until the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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