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Interior. View of electric-powered fan units inside the fanhouse.
SC 376725
Description Interior. View of electric-powered fan units inside the fanhouse.
Catalogue Number SC 376725
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 17595
Scope and Content Fan-unit inside Fanhouse, Bilston Glen Colliery, Midlothian Bilston Glen Colliery, one of five super-pits opened by the brand new National Coal Board, was begun in 1952. Sinking was completed in 1963 and production peaked in 1970 when a workforce of 2,367 produced 4,000 tons of coal per day. It was closed in 1989. This is one of the two 4m diameter fans in the Fanhouse. One serves as a permanent standby, the other forces fresh air into the mine through the downcast shaft. The air has to be heated in winter to prevent freezing in the mine. 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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