Archaeology Notes

Event ID 856334

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT19SE 32.00 centred 1583 9013

NT19SE 32.01 1587 9012 Alice Pit (Engineering Training Centre)

See also NT18NE 60.

(Location cited as centred on NT 1584 9013). FORDELL

Location: Crossgates

Previous Owners: Earl of Buckinghamshire

Types of Coal: Gas, House and Steam

Sinking/Production Commenced: 1750

Year Closed: 1966

Year Abandoned: 1970

Average Workforce: 509

Peak Workforce: 622

Peak Year: 1959

Shaft/Mine Details: 3 shafts, No. 1 (Alice Pit, NT 1583 9013) 174m, in production by 1894. No. 2 (William Pit, NT 1602 8951) 128m dated from 1843, No. 3 (Lady Anne Pit, NT 1595 8910) 69m deep. Henderson Mine was a drift begun in 1946 and opened in 1948.

Details in 1948: Output 540 tons per day, 145,800 tons per annum. 464 employees. Snack canteen, first-aid room, electricity bought from former Fife Electric Power Company, some steam also used. Report dated 11-08-1948.

Other Details: Situated on the edge of the Cowdenbeath coalfield, and associated with Sir Robert Henderson's wooden wagonway to St David's Harbour, one of the earliest railways in Scotland.

M K Oglethorpe 2006.