Spireslack Colliery No 1 Pit
Location type
MineName and dates
Spireslack Colliery No 1 PitServed by the Mid Lanark, Spireslack and Muirkirk Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
The Caledonian Railway reached here in 1888 (permission granted in 1889) with their 'Glenbuck Branch'. The same extension from Bankend also served the Galawhistle Colliery.
Tags
Colliery| Nearby stations Glenbuck Inches Bankend Douglas West Coalburn Muirkirk [2nd] Bellfield Platform Muirkirk [1st] Auchlochan Halt Happendon Alton Heights Brocketsbrae Lesmahagow [2nd] Ponfeigh Blackwood [2nd] | Galawhistle Pit Coal Mine [High Monkshead] Davie Pit Glenbuck Iron Works Spireslack Viaduct Grasshill No 1 Pit Grasshill No 2 Pit Maidenbank Pit Colliery Viaduct Mine South Bankend Loop Quarry Lightshaw Colliery Pit No 4 Lightshaw Colliery Pit No 3 Tourist/other Glenbuck Loch |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1896 | Strathaven and Darvel Railway
Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Mid Lanark, Spireslack and Muirkirk Branch (Caledonian Railway) Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Lines authorised for the Caledonian Railway; Darvel to Strathaven Central, Spireslack Colliery No 1 Pit to Muirkirk (Auldhouseburn Junction), Stonehouse [Lanarkshire] and Stonehouse [Lanarkshire] to Lesmahagow [2nd] and Alton Heights Junction. The Glasgow and South Western Railway is granted running powers over these lines in exchange for the Caledonian Railway having running powers from Darvel to Troon and Kilmarnock to Ayr. |
| / /1910 | Mid Lanark, Spireslack and Muirkirk Branch (Caledonian Railway) Spireslack Colliery No 1 Pit to Muirkirk (Auldhouseburn Junction) abandoned. |
