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View of fan house from top of No.1 winder's tower. Fan house contains two fans, extracting air from No.1 shaft, inducing clean air to flow in to the mine through No.2 shaft, Seafield Colliery

A 81748

Description View of fan house from top of No.1 winder's tower. Fan house contains two fans, extracting air from No.1 shaft, inducing clean air to flow in to the mine through No.2 shaft, Seafield Colliery

Date 9/5/1988

Catalogue Number A 81748

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 376416, SC 382530

Scope and Content Fanhouse, Seafield Colliery, Kirkcaldy, Fife Seafield Colliery was sunk by the National Coal Board in 1954-66. It was one of five new super-pits and, in its heyday in 1970, employed 2,466 people. It was closed in 1988. This is the view looking down the vents and ducts of the Fanhouse. Inside, fans extract stale air through Number 1 Shaft, the upcast shaft, sucking in fresh air through Number 2 Shaft, the downcast shaft. By law, every mine must have two shafts so that miners can escape if one shaft is blocked. This also ensures proper ventilation of the mine. Fresh air is pumped into the downcast shaft and stale air is expelled from the upcast shaft. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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