Bothwell Castle Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Bothwell Castle Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2

Served by the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.

Description

This colliery was located immediately west of Bothwell [North British] station. Sidings south of the station allowed departures from the colliery to head north to Bothwell Junction to take either the Shettleston or Coatbridge routes.

Tags

Colliery

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
06/07/2020

Chronology Dates

  /  /1949Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
Bothwell Castle Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 closed.

Books


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

Forgotten Railways: Scotland