Archaeology Notes

Event ID 777626

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT08SW 118 centred 0060 8195

This mine is depicted on the 1:10560 scale Ordnance Survey map (1959, Provisional Edition).

Information from RCAHMS (MMD), 26 August 1998.

The mine is visible on WW II oblique RAF air photographs, (No.1 CAM, D800, D858, flown 21 May 1940). The Colliery was annotated on previous editions of the Ordnance Survey maps as 'Western Field Colliery'.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), August 2004

(Location cited as NT 0054 8200). CARRIDEN 1 and 2 Colliery

Location: Bo'ness

Previous Owners: Carriden Coal Company, Bairds & Scottish Steel Limited in 1930s

Types of Coal: Gas, House, Steam and Manufacturing

Sinking/Production Commenced: 1914

Year Closed: 1953

Year Abandoned: 1954

Average Workforce: 321

Peak Workforce: 331

Peak Year: 1948

Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, each 137m

Details in 1948: Output 270 tons per day, 70,000 tons per annum. 316 employees. Dickson and Mann bash tank washer. Canteen, no baths, first-aid. Electricity from public supply. Report dated 16-08-1948.

M K Oglethorpe 2006.