St Flannans Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
St Flannans Colliery (1904-1930)Served by the Bairds of Gartshore's Railway.
Description
This colliery was on the south bank of the Forth and Clyde Canal west of Twechar. It was sunk for William Baird & Co of the Gartsherrie Iron Works for coking coal - the coke ovens for several mines served by their private line were at Haugh Coke Ovens (Kilsyth), Gartshore Coke Ovens and other locations. An alternative spelling is St Flanan. The colliery consisted of pits nos 1 and 2.
The colliery was approached by a branch of the private railway, running west from the workshops at Twechar parallel to the south bank of the canal to reach the mine.
It closed in 1930, although surface buildings remain.
A drift mine, St Flanan Drift Mine was opened nearby in 1931, closing in 1937.
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MineAliases
St Flanan Mine01/03/2021
| Nearby stations Twechar Kirkintilloch [2nd] Back O Loch Halt Woodley Kirkintilloch Basin Kirkintilloch [1st] Milton of Campsie Bridgend [M and K] Kilsyth (Old) Croy Lenzie Kilsyth (New) Bedlay Halt Colzium Dullator | Saddler^s Brae Mine Quarry Quarry Quarry Twechar Swing Bridge Twechar Shed and Works Inchterf Gun Range Twechar Coke Ovens Gartshore Colliery Pit No 10 Gartshore Coal Pit No 2 Meikelhill Colliery Pit No 4 Baird^s Siding Tourist/other Gartshore House Twechar Signal Box [Bairds] Auchenreoch Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1902 | William Baird & Co St Flannans Colliery built for coking coal. Coal reached at this date, but full opening was later, around 1904. |
| / /1931 | St Flanan Drift Mine Area mined by the St Flannans Colliery leased by the St Flanan Coal Company. |
