Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Mineshaft And Railway Tunnel
Colliery (19th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Site Name Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Mineshaft And Railway Tunnel
Classification Colliery (19th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Canmore ID 178961
Site Number NT36SW 22.12
NGR NT 3327 6373
NGR Description Centred NT3327 6373
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/178961
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Cockpen
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36SW 22.12 centred 3327 6373
This was the first large circular shaft in Scotland, and was sunk to a depth of 1800ft (488m) in 1890-4. The engineers used a new invention called the Galloway Scaffold, which allowed the sinkers to work in safety at the bottom of the shaft, whilst the bricklayers lined the shaft above. The brick lining stretches from the surface to the pitbottom.
This is the downcast shaft, down which fresh air was drawn to circulate the underground workings before re-emerging up the upcast shaft at the nearby Lingerwood Colliery.
Information taken from Lady Victoria Scottish Mining Museum pamphlet dated 1991
