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Aerial view.
B 69830
Description Aerial view.
Date 1991
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number B 69830
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 376605, SC 1680508
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.
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