View from top from of No.2 winder's tower of No.1 winder's tower, with gantry carrying belt conveyors taking coal to first stage of coal preparation (screens),Seafield Colliery
A 81764
Description View from top from of No.2 winder's tower of No.1 winder's tower, with gantry carrying belt conveyors taking coal to first stage of coal preparation (screens),Seafield Colliery
Date 9/5/1988
Catalogue Number A 81764
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 376429
Scope and Content View of Number 1 Winding Tower from top of Number 2 Winding Tower, 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. A spare skip hangs from a frame at the base of Number 2 Winding Tower. When installed in the shaft, it is used to raise up to 15 tons of coal from the shafts Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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