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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 850856
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/850856
NT19SE 114 1743 9303
Lumphinnans No. 1 Colliery
Location: Cowdenbeath
Previous Owners: Cowdenbeath Coal Company, Fife Coal Company from 1896
Types of Coal: House
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1852
Year Closed: 1957
Year Abandoned: 1957
Average Workforce: 182
Peak Workforce: 202
Peak Year: 1951
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, No. 1 318m, and No. 2 236m deep
Details in 1948: Output 220 tons per day, 50,000 tons per annum. 147 employees. All electricity supplied by Aitken Colliery power station (NT19SE33, National Coal Board (NCB)). Report dated 11-08-1948.
Other Details: Sunk originally as an ironstone pit.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
