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No.2 shaft - detail of gates at top of shaft - gates in closed position awaiting arrival of cage, Seafield Colliery
SC 376442
Description No.2 shaft - detail of gates at top of shaft - gates in closed position awaiting arrival of cage, Seafield Colliery
Catalogue Number SC 376442
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 81777
Scope and Content Top of Number 2 Shaft, 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 top of Number 2 Shaft. When the cages arrive from the bottom of the shaft, the gates will be opened to allow miners and equipment to enter. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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