Note

Date 2006

Event ID 1117564

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Note

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1117564

(Location cited as NS 8690 5434). KINGSHILL 3 Colliery

Location: south-east of Newmains, Allanton Moor

Previous Owners: National Coal Board

Types of Coal: Coking, House and Steam

Sinking Commenced: 1946-50

Production Commenced: 1951

Year Closed: 1974

Year Abandoned: 1975

Average Workforce: 600

Peak Workforce: 769

Peak Year: 1958

Shaft/Mine Details: Single new shaft, 234m deep, 4.57m diameter, concrete lined, designed to wind 1200 tons per shift, driven by electric 550hp winder with 'bi-cylindro' drum.

Other Details: The first major National Coal Board (NCB) sinking in Scotland at a time when coking coal was desperately needed, and the first to wind large-capacity mine cars (2.5 ton) to the surface. It was designed to take half of Kingshill 1's production (NS85NE 27.00) to the surface, but the coal was then sent by endless-rope tramway across the moor to be washed at Kingshill No. 1.

M K Oglethorpe 2006.