Balmain Colliery

Balmain Colliery
	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
Production
Products	Coal; Natural gas;
Greatest depth	2,900 feet (880 m)
History
Opened	1897
Closed	1945
Owner
Company	Sydney Harbour Collieries (1895–96); Harbour Collieries Co. (1896–1931); Natural Gas & Oil Corporation Ltd (1932–55);

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. At approximately 800 metres (2,600 ft) in depth, it remains the deepest coal mine ever to have been sunk in Australia.

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