Detail of two pairs of wheels on top of no.1 shaft's headframe.
SC 376752
Description Detail of two pairs of wheels on top of no.1 shaft's headframe.
Catalogue Number SC 376752
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 17624
Scope and Content Pulleys at 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. Cables from the two Winding-Engine Houses at the base of the headframe loop over these pulleys to bring skips loaded with 10.5 tons of coal up Number 1 Shaft to the surface. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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