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Fan house - detail of No.2 fan auxilliary engine, BTH 200hp, 750rpm 3-phase 500/550v AC, 209a motor, Seafield Colliery
SC 376425
Description Fan house - detail of No.2 fan auxilliary engine, BTH 200hp, 750rpm 3-phase 500/550v AC, 209a motor, Seafield Colliery
Catalogue Number SC 376425
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 81757
Scope and Content Auxiliary fan engine, Fanhouse, 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 200 horsepower engine is can be used to drive the fans sucking stale air out of Number 1 Shaft, the upcast shaft, if the other engines break down. By law, every mine must have two shafts so that miners can escape if one shaft is blocked. This also ensures proper ventilation of the mine. Fresh air is pumped into the downcast shaft and stale air is expelled from the upcast shaft. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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