Bogside Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bogside Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Bogside 1, 2, And 3
Canmore ID 131028
Site Number NS98NE 193
NGR NS 9790 8905
NGR Description Centred NS 9790 8905
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/131028
- Council Fife
- Parish Culross
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NS98NE 193 9790 8905
BOGSIDE Colliery, 1, 2 and 3
Previous Owners: National Coal Board
Types of Coal: Upper Hirst
Sinking Commenced: 1957
Production Commenced: 1959
Year Closed: 1986
Year Abandoned: 1987
Average Workforce: 618
Peak Workforce: 875
Peak Year: 1971
Shaft/Mine Details: 3 surface mines, No .1 NS 9866 8121; No. 2 NS 9789 8902; No. 3 NS 9777 8898
Other Details: Part of the group of mines designed to access 15 million tons of Upper Hirst coal, and serving initially Kincardine Power Station, and subsequently Longannet (NS98NW 65), to which it was linked by an underground conveyor running continuously at 10mph. They were highly productive, regularly exceeding 2,000 tons output per day. Flood damage was incurred during an overtime ban in 1983. Final closure was caused by flooding and gas problems during the 1984-5 strike, and the workforce was transferred to new mines at Castlebridge (NS99SW 41) and Solsgirth (NS00SE 6), and to the established collieries at Frances (NT39SW 25) and Comrie (NT09SW 31.01).
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
