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Kinglassie Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kinglassie Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 131506
Site Number NT29NW 52
NGR NT 2377 9827
NGR Description Centred on shaft No. 1
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/131506
- Council Fife
- Parish Kinglassie
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NT29NW 52 2377 9827
KINGLASSIE Colliery
Location: by Cardenden
Previous Owners: Fife Coal Company
Types of Coal: House and Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1908, resumed 1911
Year Closed: 1966
Year Abandoned: 1968
Average Workforce: 652
Peak Workforce: 764
Peak Year: 1956
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, No. 1 320m (NT 2377 9827), and No. 2 312m deep (NT 2378 9827). Surface mine sunk 1934.
Details in 1948: Output 800 tons per day, 210,000 per annum. 657 employees. Baum washer [a coal cleaning system using water and compressed air], baths (under construction), canteen (snacks), AC electricity generated by National Coal Board (NCB). Report 23-08-1948.
Other Details: Well known for water problems, but these ominously eased with the sinking of the ill-fated Rothes [NT29NE 8] nearby.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
