Exterior view of side of fan house from North West showing fabricated steel casing, Seafield Colliery
SC 376426
Description Exterior view of side of fan house from North West showing fabricated steel casing, Seafield Colliery
Catalogue Number SC 376426
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 81758
Scope and Content 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 is the outside of the Fanhouse. The bulging cylindrical part at the base houses massive fans which suck the stale air out of Number 1 Shaft, the upcast shaft, and expel it through the wedge-shaped ventilator (seen here side on). 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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