Detail of mine car - raised by cage in No.2 shaft and used for carrying equipment , waste etc, and not used for raising coal (unloaded weight 1.3 tons, loaded max 4.4 tons), Seafield Colliery
A 81778
Description Detail of mine car - raised by cage in No.2 shaft and used for carrying equipment , waste etc, and not used for raising coal (unloaded weight 1.3 tons, loaded max 4.4 tons), Seafield Colliery
Date 9/5/1988
Catalogue Number A 81778
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 376443
Scope and Content Mine car at top of Number 2 Shaft, 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 1.3 ton mine-car can transport over 3 tons of equipment and materials. Once loaded in the Car Hall it is rolled into one of the cages to be lowered down Number 2 Shaft. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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