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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

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Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
View from WSW of Fines Treatment Plant and associated concrete tank (right)
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
View from WSW of Fines Treatment Plant and associated concrete tank (right)Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
View from NE of Fines Treatment Plant and associated concrete tank (right)Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
View from NE of Fines Treatment Plant and associated concrete tank (right)Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
View from ESE of the Fines Treatment PlantNewtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
View from ESE of the Fines Treatment PlantNewtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
View from ESE of the Fines Treatment PlantNewtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
View from WSW of Fines Treatment Plant and associated concrete tank (right)Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
General view from W of north end of colliery, showing (left to right) the Fines Treatment Plant, Woodroad Stores, Boilerhouse Chimney, and (extreme right) the N end of the Tub Circuit buildingNewtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
General view from W of north end of colliery, showing (left to right) the Fines Treatment Plant, Woodroad Stores, Boilerhouse Chimney, and (extreme right) the N end of the Tub Circuit buildingNewtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
General view from W of north end of colliery, showing (left to right) the Fines Treatment Plant, Woodroad Stores, Boilerhouse Chimney, and (extreme right) the N end of the Tub Circuit buildingNewtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Fines Treatment Plant and Thickener
View from ESE of the Fines Treatment Plant

Administrative Areas

  • Council Midlothian
  • Parish Cockpen
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District Midlothian
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

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

Site Management (5 February 2009)

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)

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