General view from SW.
SC 376737
Description General view from SW.
Catalogue Number SC 376737
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 17609
Scope and Content View showing Stores Compound 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. Equipment and materials are kept in the Stores Compound. The block of buildings contains, from left to right, an oil store, garage, plumber's shop, and locomotive garage. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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