Blackhill Colliery Pits Nos 8 and 9
Location type
MineName and dates
Blackhill Colliery Pits Nos 8 and 9Served by the Kelvin Valley Railway.
Served by the Summerlee Iron Co.
Description
This colliery was north of Maryhill at Balmuildy with Blackhill Farm to the south west. The colliery opened around 1873, about the time the Kelvin Valley Railway opened (1879) and was owned by the Summerlee Iron Co.
Earlier pits, ironstone and coal, owned by Wilsons and Co (owners of Summerlee) were to the south (Blackhill Ironstone Pit). Several of these were connected by tramways to the Forth and Clyde Canal.
The pits 8 and 9 were on the east side of the line and approached from the south (Maryhill direction).
The Blackhill Brick Works was added later, located to the north of the spoil bing and directly connected by sidings to the colliery.
The colliery closed before 1945. The stub of the railway closed about 1961. The brick works survived until the early 1980s.
After closure of the railway, colliery and brick works the site was used for landfill.
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Mine pitAliases
Blackhill Pits Nos 8 and 9| Nearby stations Summerston [1st] Gilshochill Summerston Bardowie Maryhill [Temporary] Lochburn Maryhill Possil North Hillfoot Dawsholm Possilpark (Private) Possilpark and Parkhouse Maryhill Central Kelvindale Bennie Railplane | Blackhill Brick Works Blackhill Ironstone Pit Cadder Pit No 15 Cadder Pit No 9 Cadder Pit No 17 Ironstone Pit Garscube Colliery [Maryhill] Cadder Pit No 2 Overpossil Colliery Pit No 1 Bardowie Tip Lambhill Bridge Stables Lambhill Iron Works Maryhill East Junction Tourist/other Possil Loch Killermont House |
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Books
 An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways |  Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
