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Aerial view.

SC 1680508

Description Aerial view.

Date 1991

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 1680508

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 69830

Scope and Content Aerial view of Monkton Hall Colliery, Midlothian Monkton Hall Colliery was sunk in 1954-67 and was one of the National Coal Board's five Scottish super-pits. Coal production reached 5,000 tons per day in 1968. Most of the output went to Cockenzie Power Station. It was closed in 1997 and then demolished. The colliery's main structures, from left to right are: the Electrical Substation (with the white T-shaped block); the Fanhouse; Number 2 Winding Tower; and Number 1 Winding Tower with the Coal Preparation Plant behind. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1680508

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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