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Woolmet Colliery
Colliery (Late 19th Century) - (20th Century) (1898)-(1966)
Site Name Woolmet Colliery
Classification Colliery (Late 19th Century) - (20th Century) (1898)-(1966)
Alternative Name(s) Woolmet Training Centre
Canmore ID 131481
Site Number NT36NW 134
NGR NT 3131 6995
NGR Description Centred NT 3131 6995
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/131481
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Newton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36NW 134 centred 3131 6995
Woolmet Colliery
Location: Millerhill, Portobello
NCB area: Lothians, Northern Sub-area
First Ownwers: Niddrie and Benhar Coal Company
Types of Coal: house and steam and shale
Year Opened: 1898
Year Closed: 1966
Year Abandoned: 1967
Shaft/Mine Details: 1 shaft, 1 surface mine
Other Details: Output 825 tons a day, 206, 250 tons per annum. 708 employees. Simon Carves washer. Baths, canteen, first-aid room, ambulance. Electricity bought from Scottish Electricity Board.
Report dated 15 August 1948.
NMRS, MS/819
The remains of Woolmet colliery are visible on vertical air phtographs (OS 75/292/44, flown 1975).
Information from RCAHMS
The following statistics relate to Woolmet (see also NMRS, MS 819 for more statistics relating to this colliery):
(Location cited as NT 3128 6998). WOOLMET Colliery
Average Workforce [1898-1966]: 863
Peak Workforce: 960
Peak Year: 1963
Shaft/Mine Details: 1 shaft, 224m deep, 1 surface mine
Details in 1948: ... Simon Carves washer, built in 1920s. Baths (1936)...
Other Details: On closure, all men were transferred to newly opened Monktonhall (NT37SW 198), after which it was retained as a training centre.
M K Oglethorpe 2006 (see also NMRS, MS/819).
