Archaeology Notes

Event ID 850856

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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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.