United Collieries Ltd



Dates

  /  /    Foulshiels Mine (Livingston)
Owned by United Collieries Ltd.
  /  /    Union Fireclay Products Ltd
Created by merger of Armadale Coal Co and Bathville Fireclay Works, owned by United Collieries Ltd.
  /  /1888Westrigg Mine (Blackridge)
Taken over by James Wood of Bathville, coke ovens added, later joins United Collieries Ltd (with 192 members).
  /  /1898United Collieries Ltd, Glasgow
Created to buy small coal companies.
  /  /1902Greenrigg Mine (Harthill)
Transferred to United Collieries Ltd.
  /  /1902Meiklehill Colliery
United Collieries Ltd takes over from James Wood Ltd.
  /  /1906Craigend Colliery
Carron Iron Works takes over operation from United Collieries Ltd of this colliery near Standburn. Pits re-developed.
  /  /1908Meiklehill Colliery
Woodilee Coal and Coke Company takes over from United Collieries Ltd.
  /  /1947United Collieries Ltd, Glasgow
To National Coal Board.
  /  /1959Loganlea Colliery (Livingston)
Closed by United Collieries Ltd. Also known as Dykes. Connected to Foulshiels Mine and Woodmuir Mine.
  /  /1963Woodmuir Mine (Breich)
Closed by United Collieries Ltd.