Pool Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
Pool Colliery (1872-1900)Served by the Wilsontown Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This colliery was near the end of a short mineral line which ran south from Pool Junction. The mineral line was initially private but became a Caledonian Railway branch.
Later Pool Colliery Pit No 3 opened just to the south.
Tags
Colliery mine11/02/2020
| Nearby stations Haywood Auchengray Wilsontown Cobbinshaw [2nd] Cobbinshaw [1st] Breich Carnwath Longridge [1st] Fauldhouse and Crofthead Longridge [2nd] Fauldhouse Bents Addiewell Headlesscross Carstairs | Pool Colliery Pit No 3 Pool Junction Haywood Colliery Pit No 10 Haywood Colliery Pit No 14 Lawhead Junction Lawhead Siding Haywood Colliery Pit No 4 Wilsontown West Junction Wilsontown Junction [2nd] Haywood Colliery Pit No 8 Wilsontown North Junction Cleuch Colliery Coal Pit Ormiston Siding Tourist/other Lower Haywood Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1920 | Wilsontown Branch (Caledonian Railway) Pool Colliery branch closed. |
