Hamilton Palace Colliery
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Hamilton Palace Colliery (1884-1959)Description
Opened 1884 by the Bent Colliery Co Ltd. Coal was later won from under Hamilton Palace itself and the mausoleum.
It was served by a joint Caledonian Railway and North British Railway - the Hamilton Palace Colliery Railway (Caledonian Railway and North British Railway Joint). This ran north, splitting to approach the two companies lines separately where the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway (later the NB) crossed over the Clydesdale Junction Railway (later the Caley). The connection with the former was close to Bothwell Park Signal Box and the latter at Hamilton Palace Junction.
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CollieryAliases
Douglas Park CollieryExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Bothwell Park Halt Bothwell [CR] Bothwell [North British] Bellshill Bellshill [NB] Fallside Hamilton West Blantyre Foundry Hamilton [NBR] Burnbank Blantyre Peacock Cross Hamilton Central Uddingston East Motherwell | Douglas Park Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Orbiston Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 East Parkhead Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Bothwell Park Colliery Pits No 1 and 2 Orbiston Viaduct Bellshill Colliery Pit No 3 Bellshill South Signal Box Bothwell Park Signal Box Hamilton Palace Junction North Motherwell Colliery Pit No 1 Tourist/other Douglas Park Signal Box Bothwell Park Colliery Signal Box Strathclyde Loch Orbiston Signal Box Hamilton Park Race Course |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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| 04/06/2023 | Bothwellhaugh: the drowned Lanarkshire village gone but not forgotten [Herald Scotland] |
