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Interior view of compressor house, view of main compressor switch gear, Cardowan Colliery
LA 4405
Description Interior view of compressor house, view of main compressor switch gear, Cardowan Colliery
Date 26/9/1983
Catalogue Number LA 4405
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 376883
Scope and Content Compressor switch gear in Compressor House, Cardowan Colliery, Lanarkshire Cardowan Colliery was opened in 1930 by Nimmo and Dunlop. In its heyday in 1959, its 1970 workers produced 1,550 tons of coal per day from its two shafts. It was closed in 1983 after a serious fire caused excessive levels of methane in the pit. The Compressor House contains equipment to produced compressed air. This powers the cutting equipment and other machinery used above and below the surface. Substantial electrical switch gear is needed to cope with its great power. Piped steam and compressed air are often used to power coal-mining machinery because it is safer to create power away from coal dust and possible pockets of gas than to risk setting off an explosion with a spark or flame from an engine or motor. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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