Loanhead, Ramsay Colliery
Colliery (19th Century)
Site Name Loanhead, Ramsay Colliery
Classification Colliery (19th Century)
Canmore ID 132516
Site Number NT26NE 93
NGR NT 283 658
NGR Description Shafts at NT 2827 6571 and NT 2830 6575
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Midlothian
- Parish Lasswade
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT26NE 93 283 658
RAMSAY Colliery
Location: Loanhead
Previous Owners: Shotts Iron Company Limited from 1865
Types of Coal: House and Steam, and originally, blackband ore
Sinking/Production Commenced: c.1850
Year Closed: 1965
Year Abandoned: 1966
Average Workforce: 346
Peak Workforce: 385
Peak Year: 1952
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, 302m and 174m deep. Shafts located at NT 2827 6571 and NT 2830 6575.
Details in 1948: Output 122 tons per day, 30,500 tons per annum. 163 employees. Coppee Baum-type washer. Baths (1932), first-aid room, canteen (snack, added 1939)). Electricity mostly from Burghlee Colliery power station (NT26SE 67), a little from SE Scotland Electricity Board. Report dated 15-07-1948.
Other Details: Also known as Loanhead Colliery. New washery (Blantyre Engineering Company) added in 1929, at which time one of the shafts was reconstructed (4.88m diameter and concrete lined) and deepened from 176m to 285m.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.