 Balmain Colliery, Birthday Shaft, c. 1940s | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Balmain Colliery Location in greater Sydney | |
| Location | Birchgrove, Inner western Sydney |
| State | New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°51′09″S 151°10′40″E / 33.85250°S 151.17778°E |
| Production | |
| Products | |
| Greatest depth | 2,900 feet (880 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1897 |
| Closed | 1945 |
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Balmain Colliery was a coal mine located in Birchgrove in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It produced coal from 1897 until 1931 and natural gas from 1937 to 1950.[1] At approximately 800 metres (2,600 ft) in depth, it remains the deepest coal mine ever to have been sunk in Australia.[2]
- ^ Peter Reynolds, Balmain Places 2 – The Coal Mine Under The Harbour , Architectural History Research Unit, University of New South Wales, 1996, ISBN 0-908502-54-0
- ^ "Primefact 556 – Balmain's Own Coal Mine" (PDF). NSW Department of Primary Industries. February 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.