Aerial view.
B 37951
Description Aerial view.
Date 1990
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number B 37951
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 376603, SC 1680485
Scope and Content Aerial view of Coal Preparation Plant, railway marhsallign yard, and despatch hopper, 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 Coal Preparation Plant (lower left) processes 450 tons of raw coal per hour. Most of the coal is sent by railway train to Cockenzie Power Station nearby. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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