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Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Old Washer Plant
Colliery (19th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Site Name Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Old Washer Plant
Classification Colliery (19th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pithead Processing Area; Felspar Washer; Re-washer
Canmore ID 174637
Site Number NT36SW 22.17
NGR NT 3330 6369
NGR Description Centred NT3330 6369
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/174637
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Cockpen
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36SW 22.17 centred 3330 6369
The purpose of this RCAHMS photographic survey was to record images of the brick-built hopper and Old Washer prior to restoration.
Visited by RCAHMS(MKO), September 1989.
The Washer was built in the early 1900's, shortly after the colliery started production. It retains the jiggers for sorting the coal, and bash washers complete with felspar. The Washer was abandoned in 1968. The lower extension to the south was the Re-washer which treated the dross from the Washer. The Re-washer has been stripped of all its equipment.
Information taken from Lady Victoria Scottish Mining Museum pamphlet dated 1991