George Simpson

The coalmaster who leased Benhar Colliery in the parish of Whitburn, telling a parliamentary committee in the 1840s that he raised 70,000 tons a year there and sent it out by a private railroad of his own building. The branch was later bought by the North British Railway.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Benhar Colliery West Lothian 1818–1850

Record created: 12 September 2026 · Last researched: 12 September 2026

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