General view from the NW.
SC 376736
Description General view from the NW.
Catalogue Number SC 376736
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 17608
Scope and Content View showing Coal Preparation Plant from top of Number 1 Shaft's headframe, 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. Covered belt conveyors carry coal to and from the Coal Preparation Plant (right) which can process, wash and sort 400 tons of coal per hour. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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