Blantyre Colliery Pit No 2
Location type
MineName and dates
Blantyre Colliery Pit No 2Served by the Hamilton and Strathaven Railway.
Description
The Blantyre Colliery was owned by William Smith Dixon. The 1877 mining disaster was an explosion at nos 2 and particularly 3 pits leaving an appalling 207 dead.
Tags
MineExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
01/07/2020
