Detail of one of two 1350hp 700v DC electric motors for No.1 winder, Seafield Colliery
SC 376418
Description Detail of one of two 1350hp 700v DC electric motors for No.1 winder, Seafield Colliery
Catalogue Number SC 376418
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 81750
Scope and Content Electric winding motor, Number 1 Winding Tower, Seafield Colliery, Kirkcaldy, Fife Seafield Colliery was sunk by the National Coal Board in 1954-66. It was one of five new super-pits and, in its heyday in 1970, employed 2,466 people. It was closed in 1988. This is one of Number 1 Shaft's two 700 volt, 1350 horsepower DC motors used to send the coal skips up and down Number 1 Shaft. The skips can carry up to 15 tons of coal. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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