Thornton, Beam Engine House View from NE
SC 454960
Description Thornton, Beam Engine House View from NE
Date 2/9/1975
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 454960
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Former engine pit, Thornton, Fife This was a most interesting survival, dominated by the three-storey house for a steam beam pumping engine, which had been incorporated in a farm steading. The pit was out of use by 1854. This view shows the complex from the east. The three-storey building housed the beam pumping engine, and the lower building on the left may well have been the boiler-house. The slots above the first-floor arch were probably for timber baulks. All the buildings on the site, except the engine-house, have been demolished, leaving what is now a neglected structure in isolation. This is unfortunate, because some of the other buildings were probably part of the colliery. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H75/52/4
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