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General view from NNE of no. 1 shaft headframe, and two ground-mounted winding-houses.
B 17587
Description General view from NNE of no. 1 shaft headframe, and two ground-mounted winding-houses.
Date 24/5/1989
Catalogue Number B 17587
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 376690
Scope and Content Number 1 Shaft Headframe and Winding-Engine House, Bilston Glen Colliery, Midlothian Bilston Glen Colliery, one of five super-pits opened by the brand new National Coal Board, was begun in 1952. Sinking was completed in 1963 and production peaked in 1970 when a workforce of 2,367 produced 4,000 tons of coal per day. It was closed in 1989. Cables connect the two electric motors in the Winding-Engine House on either side of the base of the headframe to pulleys at its top. Each hoists two skips to the surface. The coal is carried to the Preparation Plant by covered belt conveyors. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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