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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 743459

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/743459

NS41NE 11.00 4699 1595

POLQUHAIRN 1 and 4 colliery

Location: Ochiltree

Previous Owners: Polquhairn Coal Company Limited

Types of Coal: House

Sinking/Production Commenced: 1895

Year Closed: 1962

Average Workforce: 289

Peak Workforce: 460

Peak Year: 1960

Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, 77m and 40m deep

Details in 1948: Output 180 tons per day, 46,500 tons per annum, stoop and room working. 201 employees. 2 screens for dry coal, no washing. Baths and medical health centre under construction. Canteen for packed meals. Steam, and electricity 100% from public supply. Report dated 06-08-1948.

Other Details: Handled and processed coal from Greenhill. Benefitted from reconstruction in the 1950s.

M K Oglethorpe 2006.

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