Blantyre Colliery Pit No 2

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Blantyre Colliery Pit No 2

Served by the Hamilton and Strathaven Railway.

Description

The Blantyre Colliery was owned by William Smith Dixon. The 1877 mining disaster was an explosion at nos 2 and particularly 3 pits leaving an appalling 207 dead.

Tags

Mine

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
01/07/2020