Dalkeith Colliery
Colliery(S) (Industrial)
Site Name Dalkeith Colliery
Classification Colliery(S) (Industrial)
Alternative Name(s) Dalkeith 5, 8, And 9; Smeaton Colliery
Canmore ID 132493
Site Number NT36NE 76
NGR NT 3520 6902
NGR Description centred
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/132493
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36NE 76 centred 3520 6902
The coal mine is visible on vertical air photographs (OS 75/292/74-5, flown 1975) (c. NS 352 690).
Information from RCAHMS.
DALKEITH 5 and 9 Colliery
Location: Smeaton
Previous Owners: A G Moore & Company
Types of Coal: House and Manufacturing
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1903
Year Closed: 1978
Average Workforce: 617
Peak Workforce: 898
Peak Year: 1964
Shaft/Mine Details: Originally 6 surface mines, eventually only 2 brought into operation. No. 6 was for ventilation and manriding, and both 7 and 8 were for access. Only Nos. 5 and 9 were therefore used for production.
Details in 1948: Output 490 tons per day, 122,500 per annum. 401 employees. Dickson and Mann Lurig type washer (replaced in 1953). Canteen (not in use), first-aid room. All electricity bought from SE Scotland Electricity Board. Report dated 15-07-1948.
Other Details: A large new washery was built adjacent to Mine No. 9 in 1953, and received the output from the Dalkeith and neighbouring collieries (Meadowmill (NT47SW 56), Winton (NT46NW 81), Limeylands (NT46NW 78), Oxenford (NT36NE 89), Castle (NT36NE 90), Carberry (NT37SE 111) and Tynemount (NT46NW 80)). Waste was then taken by aerial ropeway to the old bing at Dalkeith 1, 2 and 3 (NT36NE 91). Plans for the development of two new drifts (10 and 11) in the 1950s were never realised.
RCAHMS 2006
Site identified during an archaeological assessement carried out by CFA Archaeology Ltd.
Mhairi Hastie, 2006.
Desk Based Assessment (2006)
Site identified during an archaeological assessement carried out by CFA Archaeology Ltd.
Mhairi Hastie, 2006.
Note
The coal mine is visible on vertical air photographs (OS 75/292/74-5, flown 1975) (c. NS 352 690).
Information from RCAHMS.