Collieries after Nationalisation in 1947

 

Name Location Opened Closed (Merged)
Auchengeich Bridgend by Chryston 1905 May 1965
Balmore Torrence 1940 April 1960
Bedlay Coatbridge 1904 December 1981
Bishop No.3 Gartcosh 1939 February 1948
Cardowan Stepps 1924 August 1983
Dullatur Dullatur 1935 May 1964
Dumbreck Kilsyth 1885 January 1963
Garscube Glasgow 1918 August 1966
Gartshore Nos.3 & 12 Kilsyth 1865 September 1959
Gartshore Nos.9 & 11 Kilsyth 1910 March 1968
Wester Auchengeich Bishopbridge, Glasgow 1925 February 1968
Wester Gartshore Kirkintilloch 1872 March 1950

Dates in brackets indicate the date that the colliery merged with another

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