Meiklehill Colliery Pit No 5
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Meiklehill Colliery Pit No 5Description
This colliery was developed by James Gardner & Sons to the east of Kirkintilloch [2nd] and served by a mineral line from the Campsie Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway). The connection was made south of the Luggie Aquaduct. Exchange sidings were on the east bank of the Luggie. The same mineral line had a long siding to a quayside on the Forth and Clyde Canal.
The mine changed hands several times, passing to James Wood in 1895 and the Woodilee Coal & Coke Co Ltd.
Pit No 5 was the largest site, with Meiklehill Colliery No 4 (also rail served) further east.
The colliery closed in 1926.
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Colliery01/12/2021
| Nearby stations Kirkintilloch [2nd] Back O Loch Halt Kirkintilloch Basin Woodley Kirkintilloch [1st] Lenzie Milton of Campsie Bridgend [M and K] Twechar Torrance Bedlay Halt Lennoxtown Old Lennoxtown [2nd] Stepps Stepps [1st] | Meikelhill Coke Ovens Meikelhill Colliery Pit No 4 Luggie Aqueduct Kirkintilloch Foundry Kirkintilloch Gas Works [1st] Lion Foundry Kirkintilloch Gas Works [2nd] Middlemuir Junction Townhead Shipyard Woodilee Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 South Bank Iron Works Townhead Shipyard [Repair Yard] Tourist/other Meiklehill Colliery Quay Woodilee Hospital Whitegates Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
