Lumphinnans No. 1 Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lumphinnans No. 1 Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 253932
Site Number NT19SE 114
NGR NT 1743 9303
NGR Description Centred on shafts
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Beath
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT19SE 114 1743 9303
Lumphinnans No. 1 Colliery
Location: Cowdenbeath
Previous Owners: Cowdenbeath Coal Company, Fife Coal Company from 1896
Types of Coal: House
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1852
Year Closed: 1957
Year Abandoned: 1957
Average Workforce: 182
Peak Workforce: 202
Peak Year: 1951
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, No. 1 318m, and No. 2 236m deep
Details in 1948: Output 220 tons per day, 50,000 tons per annum. 147 employees. All electricity supplied by Aitken Colliery power station (NT19SE33, National Coal Board (NCB)). Report dated 11-08-1948.
Other Details: Sunk originally as an ironstone pit.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
