Daldowie Colliery Pit No 1
Location type
MineName and dates
Daldowie Colliery Pit No 1 (1877-1920)Served by the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.
Served by the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This colliery was location between the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) and the North British Railway's Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway Hamilton branch at Mount Vernon.
Both lines served the colliery with two distinct sets of unconnected sidings. Exit to the R&C could be in either direction but onto the NBR only an eastbound departure could be made, although two crossovers in the nearby Broomhouse station would allow running round.
On the R&C access was controlled by Daldowie Colliery signal box open between 1887 and 1921.
Tags
Mine| Nearby stations Broomhouse Mount Vernon Baillieston Calderpark Halt Mount Vernon North Baillieston [1st] Garrowhill Maryville Easterhouse Carmyle Newton [1st] Newton Shettleston Uddingston West Uddingston | Burntbroom Colliery Pit No 1 Broomhouse Pit Colliery No 1 Barrachnie Colliery and Brickworks Calderbank Colliery Tunnel Calderbank Colliery Signal Box Calderpark Viaduct Calderbank Colliery Pit No 1 Kenmuirhill Colliery Pit No 2 Springhill Colliery Pit No 1 Kenmuir Colliery Pits Nos 3 and 4 Mount Vernon Goods [NB] Tourist/other Mount Vernon House Calder Park House Daldowie House Kenmuirhill Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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 |
