Easton Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Easton Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Hopetoun Colliery; Easton No. 1
Canmore ID 132661
Site Number NS96NE 44
NGR NS 9601 6905
NGR Description Centred
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council West Lothian
- Parish Bathgate
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NS96NE 44 9601 6905.
EASTON Colliery (also known as HOPETOUN Colliery)
[Location cited as NS 9903 6900: Please note that there appears to have been a typing error in the national grid reference quoted in the publication].
Location: Bathgate
Previous Owners: Balbardie Colliery Company, Bairds & Scottish Steel Limited from 1939
Types of Coal: Coking and Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1898
Year Closed: 1973
Year Abandoned: 1974
Average Workforce: 715
Peak Workforce: 863
Peak Year: 1958
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, No. 1 379m, and No. 2 99m deep
Details in 1948: Output 820 tons per day, 205,000 tons per annum, longwall working. 537 employees. 2 screens. Hoyois washer, being substituted with Coppee Washer (under construction) [equipmenr for the wet cleaning of coal]. Baths (1939, for 400 men), canteen (packed meals) and first-aid room. All electricity generated at mine. Report dated 30-07-1948.
Other Details: Winding electrified in 1950s.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
