Blairhall Colliery

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Blairhall Colliery (1870-1969)

Served by the Carron Company.


Chronology Dates

  /  /1870Carron Iron Company
Blairhall Colliery sunk for blackband ironstone. The mine was served by the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.
  /  /1880Carron Iron Company
Lochgelly Iron Company
Blairhall Colliery sold by the Carron Iron Company to the Lochgelly Iron Company.
  /  /1880Lochgelly Iron Company
Coltness Iron Company
Blairhall Colliery sold by the Lochgelly Iron Company to the Coltness Iron Company.
  /  /1890Coltness Iron Company
Blairhall Colliery begins to be worked out. The Coltness Iron Company plans new shafts Lord Bruce and Lady Veronica named after Lord Elgin's children to reach new coal measures.
  /  /1906Coltness Iron Company
Blairhall Colliery, two new shafts sunk.
21/07/1912Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
Blairhall signalbox opened. (New shafts at Blairhall Colliery sunk in 1906).
  /05/1924Coltness Iron Company
Blairhall Colliery Miners institute opened.
  /05/1969National Coal Board
Blairhall Colliery closed (alternative date 13/06/1969). Coal preparation plant remains open.
  /04/1971National Coal Board
Blairhall Colliery coal preparation plant closed.
  /02/1973Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
Blairhall Colliery sidings re-opened by the Opencast Executive. Many sidings were lifted in 1974.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Larbert and Stenhousemuir

Old Larbert and Stenhousemuir

Where Iron Runs Like Water: A New History of the Carron Iron Works, 1759-1982