View from N of No. 2 winding tower of No. 1 winding tower, used to wind coal and men using two tower-mounted, geared, multirope A.C. friction winders with skip and counterweight, both manually control ...

Description View from N of No. 2 winding tower of No. 1 winding tower, used to wind coal and men using two tower-mounted, geared, multirope A.C. friction winders with skip and counterweight, both manually controlled and equipped with dynamic braking. The boilerhouse can also be seen (bottom right).

Catalogue Number SC 376626

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 17675

Scope and Content Number 1 Winding Tower and Boiler-House, 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. This reinforced concrete winding tower does the job of a more traditional headframe. A winding-engine at the top hauls a 2-ton skip loaded with up to 14 tons of raw coal up Number 1 Shaft to the surface. Nearer, on the right, is the Boiler-House. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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