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Detail of one of two friction brake cylinders on No.1 winder (made by Andrew Barclay & Sons of Kilmarnock), Seafield Colliery

SC 376420

Description Detail of one of two friction brake cylinders on No.1 winder (made by Andrew Barclay & Sons of Kilmarnock), Seafield Colliery

Catalogue Number SC 376420

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 81752

Scope and Content Brake cylinder of Number 1 Shaft's winder, 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 the friction brake cylinders controlling Number 1 Shaft's winder by forcing brake-pads against the drum. The brakes were manufactured by Andrew Barclay and Sons of Kilmarnock. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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