Barrachnie Colliery and Brickworks
Location type
MineName and dates
Barrachnie Colliery and BrickworksServed by the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.
Description
This colliery and brickworks was on a short branch which ran north from the Shettleston-Bothwell line at Mount Vernon North. Barrachie signal box closed in 1929.
It was developed around the time of the closure of Daldowie Colliery Pit No 1, just to the south close to Broomhouse station.
Tags
MineBooks
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series) |  Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
