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General view from NE of top of No. 2 winding tower of water tank containing water for fire fighting on surface and below ground. The tank is made from pressed-steel plates, and has a corrugated sheet ...
B 17678
Description General view from NE of top of No. 2 winding tower of water tank containing water for fire fighting on surface and below ground. The tank is made from pressed-steel plates, and has a corrugated sheet metal roof resting on a rolled-steel angle-section frame. It is built on top of a 2.5m high brick-infilled wall.
Date 1/6/1989
Catalogue Number B 17678
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 376627
Scope and Content Water tank, 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. This is the water tank as seen from the top of Number 2 Winding Tower. It is made from pressed-steel plates with a corrugated roof resting on a steel frame. Its contents are held in reserve for fire fighting above and below ground. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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