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Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant And Thickener
Colliery (Period Unassigned), Museum (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant And Thickener
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned), Museum (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 178940
Site Number NT36SW 22.08
NGR NT 3327 6381
NGR Description Centred NT3327 6381 and NT3327 6382 to NT3327 6380
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/178940
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Cockpen
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36SW 22.08 centred 3327 6381 and 3327 6382 to 3327 6380
The Fines Treatment Plant cleaned the dirty water from the Dense Medium Plant and was built in 1963-64. The Thickener is a concrete settling pool, which was part of the Fines Treatment Plant.
Information taken from Lady Victoria Scottish Mining Museum pamphlet dated 1991
FINES TREATMENT PLANT: Tall, brick structure to the north of the pithead. The surface buildings and plant together form the best preserved pre-First World War model colliery complex in the UK. Complete model colliery comprising brick-built and steel-framed structures with sheet-metal-clad roofs.
The surface buildings and plant together form the best preserved pre-First World War model colliery complex in the UK. Complete model colliery comprising brick-built and steel-framed structures with sheet-metal-clad roofs. (Historic Scotland)
The Fines Treatment Plant cleaned the dirty water from the Dense Medium Plant and was built in 1963-64. The Thickener is a concrete settling pool. (RCAHMS from Museum pamphlet dated 1991)
