Lady Victoria Colliery: Boilerhouse
Date 5 February 2009
Event ID 911266
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/911266
BOILER HOUSE: built circa 1915-17 Steel-framed, M-roofed and brick clad with arched openings to E elevation, remaining elevations open. Contains 7 Lancashire boilers, by Tinker Shenton Ltd, Hyde, economisers by Green & Co Ltd, Wakefield and superheaters by Cooper & Greig, Dundee.
The surface buildings and plant together form the best preserved pre-First World War model colliery complex in the UK. Complete model colliery comprising brick-built and steel-framed structures with sheet-metal-clad roofs. (Historic Scotland)
The site contains 8 Lancashire Boilers, rather than the 7 previously identified. (Industrial Heritage Consulting Ltd)
