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
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.