Archaeology Notes

Event ID 780858

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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GREENRIGG

Location: Fauldhouse

Previous Owners: Loganlea Coal Company, United Collieries Limited from 1902

Types of Coal: Coking, Gas and House, and fireclay

Sinking/Production Commenced: 1905

Year Closed: 1960

Average Workforce: 558

Peak Workforce: 634

Peak Year: 1952

Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, both 143m deep

Details in 1948: Output 600 tons per day, 142,000 tons per annum, longwall working. 559 employees. 3 plate tables [tables used to remove non-coal debris and sort coal by size], Baum-type washer (Norton) [equipment for wet cleaning coal]. Baths (1930), canteen (pieces), first-aid services. All electricity (AC and DC) from Central Power Station (National Coal Board (NCB)) at Westrigg. Report dated 28-07-1948.

Other Details: Pithead fire in 1925 destroyed all surface buildings. Clay supplied to Etna Brickworks in Armadale (.

[Please note that 'pieces' is a colloquialism for sandwiches].

M K Oglethorpe 2006.