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Randolph Colliery

Colliery (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Randolph Colliery

Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 131528

Site Number NT39NW 226

NGR NT 3027 9577

NGR Description Centred on Shaft No. 1

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Fife
  • Parish Wemyss
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Kirkcaldy
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NT39NW 226 3027 9577

RANDOLPH Colliery

Location: near Dysart

Previous Owners: Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Limited, Fife Coal Company from 1923

Types of Coal: Steam and Navigation

Sinking/Production Commenced: c.1850

Year Closed: 1968

Year Abandoned: 1968

Average Workforce: 208

Peak Workforce: 333

Peak Year: 1947

Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, No. 1 115m (NT 3027 9577), and No. 2 152m deep (NT 3026 9573), sunk in 1921

Details in 1948: Output 430 tons per day, 112,000 tons per annum. 333 employees. British Baum-type washer (wet coal cleaning system), canteen (disused), no baths, ambulance room. 3-phase electricity, own supply. Report dated 07-08-1948.

Other Details: very wet pit.

M K Oglethorpe 2006.

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