Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery, Winding Engine House; Interior General View
SC 588040
Description Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery, Winding Engine House; Interior General View
Date 1966
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 588040
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Winding engine, Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery, New Cumnock, East Ayrshire Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery was sunk by the New Cumnock Coal Company Ltd in 1940, and was one of the last collieries in Scotland to be fitted with a steam winding engine as its main means of raising coal. This shows the winding engineman at the controls, which are on a raised platform. This arrangement was very unusual in Scotland, and gave the engineman a very good view of the depth indicators. The engine was made by John Wood & Sons, Wigan. Knockshinnoch Castle was the scene of a major mining disaster in 1950, when a mine was driven too close to the surface. Liquid peat flooded the workings, killing many miners. Others were heroically rescued. The pit closed in 1968. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H66/120/1C
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