General view of spare skip located next to no. 1 shaft.
B 17589
Description General view of spare skip located next to no. 1 shaft.
Date 24/5/1989
Catalogue Number B 17589
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 376691
Scope and Content Spare skip from Number 1 Shaft, 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. This a spare skip for Number 1 Shaft. It is capable of bringing 10.5 tons of coal to the surface from the pit bottom. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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