Interior. Detail of bagging spout and scales.
SC 376747
Description Interior. Detail of bagging spout and scales.
Catalogue Number SC 376747
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 17620
Scope and Content Bagging spout and scales, Land Sales Department, Boiler-House, 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 bagging spouts in the bagging plant at the side of the Land Sales Department. The sack is placed on the scales under the spout and filled. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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