General view of car hall at top of No. 2 shaft, showing cage with door open, and vertical sliding door in raised position. The protective steel doors and walls around the top of the shaft are designe ...

Description General view of car hall at top of No. 2 shaft, showing cage with door open, and vertical sliding door in raised position. The protective steel doors and walls around the top of the shaft are designed to seal the shaft, protecting the flow of downcast air from the adjacent fan house into the mine. Monktonhall Colliery.

Catalogue Number SC 376617

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 17662

Scope and Content Opening to cage, Car Hall, Monkton Hall Colliery, Midlothian Monkton Hall Colliery was sunk in 1954-67 and was one of the National Coal Board's five Scottish super-pits. Coal production reached 5,000 tons per day in 1968. Most of the output went to Cockenzie Power Station. It was closed in 1997 and then demolished. The open door opposite leads into the cage which takes men and materials up and down Number 2 Shaft. The steel doors and walls seal the shaft, making sure that the stream of fresh air from the Fanhouse goes down into the mine. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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