Waterside Colliery, Coal Washery
Coal Washing Plant (20th Century)
Site Name Waterside Colliery, Coal Washery
Classification Coal Washing Plant (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dalmellington Colliery; Dunaskin Central Washer
Canmore ID 42595
Site Number NS40NW 22.01
NGR NS 4471 0808
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Waterside Colliery, Coal Washery View from SSW showing train
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from NNE showing trucks and NCB locomotive number 19 crossing bridge near washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View showing NCB locomotive and wagons near washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from SE showing NCB locomotive and wagons near washery with brickworks in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
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View from SSW showing NCB locomotive number 21 near washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
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View from W showing NCB locomotive no 24 with coal washery in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1970
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View showing NCB locomotive no 24 near coal washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View of upper floor looking towrads reamins of switchgear (for power supply).
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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Waterside Colliery, Coal Washery View from W showing NCB West Area no. 24 with coal washery in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
31/10/1964
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General view from W showing WNW front
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
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View from W showing NCB locomotive number 21 and wagons with washery in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from W showing covered conveyors and dispatch hoppers.
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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View of settling tank (removes coal dust from solution) located at W end of building.
30/9/1987
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View from NW showing trucks and NCB locomotive number 19 near bridge and washery (not in picture)
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from W showing NCB locomotive number 21 and wagons with washery in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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Copy of colour oblique aerial photograph showing the coal washery. Survey of Private Collection.
12/6/1987
© John Hume
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Interior. View of electric pumps used for the coal washing solution (pumps located in W corner, ground floor of building)
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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Interior. View from NW of weigh-bridge, changing room, workshop, office and store. Located about 150m ESE from washery building.
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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Waterside Colliery, Coal Washery View from SSW showing train
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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Waterside Colliery, Coal Washery View from W showing NCB West Area no. 24 with coal washery in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
31/10/1964
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View showing NCB locomotive near coal washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
18/1/1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View showing NCB locomotive near coal washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
18/1/1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from ESE of wagon tipper, covered conveyor and part of washer
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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Detail of electric magnet (1.2m in diameter) at head of conveyor from the wagon tipper (removes iron from coal)
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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Waterside Colliery, Coal Washery View from WSW showing train
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from W showing NCB locomotive number 19 and wagons with washery in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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Interior. Detail of drive shaft and connecting rods (wood) for screens in secondary screens.
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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Waterside Colliery, Coal Washery View from W showing WNW front of washery with trains and trucks in foreground
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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Waterside Colliery, Coal Washery View from SSE showing train and wagon
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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Waterside Colliery, Coal Washery View showing NCB West Area no. 22
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
31/10/1964
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View showing NCB locomotive near coal washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
18/1/1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View showing NCB locomotive near washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View showing NCB locomotive near washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View looking E showing NCB locomotive with washery in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from SSW showing NCB wagon near washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from SE showing NCB locomotive number 19 and wagons near washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from SE showing NCB locomotive number 19 and wagons near washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from WSW showing NCB locomotive no 24 with coal washery in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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Interior. View from W on top floor level of solution tank and conveyor head.
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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Interior. View from W on top floor level of solution tank and conveyor head.
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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View showing NCB locomotive near coal washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
18/1/1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View showing National Coal Board locomotive near Waterside Colliery coal washery.
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
18/1/1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View showing NCB locomotive near coal washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
18/1/1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View showing trucks and NCB locomotive near washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View looking ESE showing NCB locomotive with part of coal washery on left
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View of main conveyor/ screen from washer outlet for coals.
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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Interior. View of rotary filter (removes coal dust from grit/ dirt)
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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View from W showing NCB locomotive number 19 and wagons with washery in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from SSW showing NCB locomotive number 19
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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View from SW showing NCB locomotive number 21 near washery
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/8/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
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Interior. View of electric pumps used for the coal washing solution (pumps located in W corner, ground floor of building)
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
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Interior. View of electric pumps used for the coal washing solution (pumps located in W corner, ground floor of building)
30/9/1987
© RCAHMS
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Dalmellington
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS40NW 22.01 4471 0808
(Name cited as DUNASKIN CENTRAL WASHER).
Location: Waterside
Previous Owners: Bairds & Dalmellington Limited
Opened: 1941
Year Closed: 1988
Other Details: A coal preparation plant, complete with slurry defloculation plant, built by the Coppee Company (Great Britain) Limited, described in Iron and Coal Trades Review, 25 April 1941. An associated brickworks was built nearby in the disused buildings of the Iron Works, operating until 1976, and subsequently preserved to form part of the Dunaskin Heritage Centre.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
