View of of sacking spouts.
B 17594
Description View of of sacking spouts.
Date 24/5/1989
Catalogue Number B 17594
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 376724
Scope and Content Sacking spouts of Land Sales Department, 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. Sacks for sale to coal merchants are placed on the scales and filled with coal from these ten bagging spouts. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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