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General view looking SSE showing coal hopper with building on right and headgear in background

SC 733376

Description General view looking SSE showing coal hopper with building on right and headgear in background

Date 23/6/1970

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 733376

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Wellesley Colliery, Buckhaven, Fife This colliery was sunk in 1883-85 by Bowman and Co, as Denbeath Colliery. It was acquired in 1905 by the Wemyss Coal Co, and renamed Wellesley Colliery. A third shaft was sunk in 1907-10, and the colliery became one of the largest in Scotland. A large new washery was added in 1960. This shows part of the colliery from the north-west, On the right is part of the 1960 washery, with the steel-frame of the building exposed in a manner typical of such buildings. The conical vessel was used to remove fine particles from the washing water. To the left is the headgear of one of the mine-shafts. This colliery worked seams under the river Forth. It ceased production in 1967, both the washery remained in use to treat coal from Lochhead Colliery, which had closed a short time before this photograph was taken. The surface buildings seen here were demolished and the site became an oil platform yard. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/25/4

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/733376

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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