Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building
Colliery (Period Unassigned), Museum (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned), Museum (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Tub Circuit; Tippler Section; Picking Tables
Canmore ID 178942
Site Number NT36SW 22.13
NGR NT 3326 6371
NGR Description Centred NT3326 6371
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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SC 1440674
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Detailed interior view from W looking through the arcades of brick arches separating the railway sidings passing under the colliery's surface buildings. Wagons were filled from conveyors and hoppers in the floors above
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/6/1993
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SC 1440690
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Oblique view from SW along N end of W facade of colliery showing brick arches and buttresses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
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SC 1440697
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Interior view from SE at first-floor level at the S end of the pithead complex showing Picking Tables in the foreground
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
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SC 1440698
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Interior view from NW at first-floor level showing conveyor leading from Picking Tables into the Dense Medium Plant (left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
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SC 1503441
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from north west of central bays at upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 1503453
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from west of main tippler, containing one tub
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 2591377
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) View of upper level of pit-head with colliery winding gear in background.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 2591405
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from south west across upper decking level. This area contained turntables, ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables. The headframe above the shaft can be seen through the exposed steel roof trusses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591441
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Oblique view from NW along W facade of colliery, showing brick arches and buttresses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2592148
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from west of main tippler, containing one tub
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2592149
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: general interior view from south west at west end of tub circuit showing conveyor emerging from below (left), main tippler (distant left), and large conveyor leading to picking tables (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 2592151
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: general view from east of south side of tub circuit, showing steel roof trusses and decking, and control cabin adjacent to shaft (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 2592152
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: detailed view from west of main conveyor to picking tables emerging from floor below at south west corner of tub circuit.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 1440691
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Oblique view from NW along W facade of colliery, showing brick arches and buttresses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503443
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: detailed view from south east across upper decking level. This area contained a turntable, ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503444
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from north east showing east end of tub circuit, with cage and shaft just visible (right), and elevating creeper (distant left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591399
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from south of east bays at upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591412
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view fron north west at west end of tub circuit, showing John Borland and Heather Stoddart carrying out an EDM survey
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2592147
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from east at east end of tub circuit, showing continuous running turntable (foreground), elevating creeper (left), and shaft (centre). Part of the steelwork forming the headframe above the shaft is also visible
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 758228
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) View from S of the colliery headgear, with the corrugated sheet-metal roofs and upper walls of the Picking Tables and Tub Circuit buildings in the foreground
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503439
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from east across upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503446
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from north west of west end of tub circuit, with continuous running turntable in foreground, and tippler (centre background)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 1503450
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from east on north side of tub circuit, showing track dividing as it approaches shaft (behind), and tippler control cabin (left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 2591424
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Detailed interior view from W looking through the arcades of brick arches separating the railway sidings passing under the colliery's surface buildings. Wagons were filled from conveyors and hoppers in the floors above
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/6/1993
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591440
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Oblique view from SW along W facade of colliery, showing brick arches and buttresses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1440692
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) View from NE of W end of N facade of colliery, showing arches into which railway wagons entered to be filled from the hoppers and conveyors in the buildings above
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503437
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from south of east bays at upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503447
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from west of shaft, showing track, tubs and gantry above shaft with control cabin
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 2590111
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from north east showing east end of tub circuit, with cage and shaft just visible (right), and elevating creeper (distant left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591409
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from west of shaft, showing track, tubs and gantry above shaft with control cabin
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 2592146
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from north east showing east end of tub circuit, with cage and shaft just visible (right), and elevating creeper (distant left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2592168
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Oblique view from SW along N end of W facade of colliery showing brick arches and buttresses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
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SC 2592171
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Interior view from SW at first-floor level looking from the SW corner of the colliery surface buildings towards the Picking Tables (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
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SC 894274
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Interior view from W at ground level beneath the Picking Tables. Railway wagons passed through this area and were filled from hoppers and conveyors above
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
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SC 1440689
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Oblique view from SW along W facade of colliery, showing brick arches and buttresses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503438
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from south of east bays at upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables. The headframe above the shaft can be seen through the exposed steel roof trusses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503440
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from west of central bays at upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables. The headframe above the shaft can be seen through the exposed steel roof trusses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 1503445
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from east of east end of tub circuit, showing elevating creeper (left), and shaft (centre)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503454
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: general interior view from south west at west end of tub circuit showing conveyor emerging from below (left), main tippler (distant left), and large conveyor leading to picking tables (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 2591401
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from south west of central bays at upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables. The headframe above the shaft can be seen through the exposed steel roof trusses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591406
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: detailed view from south east across upper decking level. This area contained a turntable, ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2592169
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Interior view from SE at first-floor level at the S end of the pithead complex showing Picking Tables in the foreground
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2592170
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Interior view from NW at first-floor level showing conveyor leading from Picking Tables into the Dense Medium Plant (left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2592173
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) View from S of the colliery headgear, with the corrugated sheet-metal roofs and upper walls of the Picking Tables and Tub Circuit buildings in the foreground
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
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SC 710571
General view from S showing S front of old washer plant (right) with coal elevator shed and hopper, headgear, dense medium plant, pithead building and south elevator conveyor system on left
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
2/7/1969
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
SC 1503449
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view fron north west at west end of tub circuit, showing John Borland and Heather Stoddart carrying out an EDM survey
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503451
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from north east at west end of tub circuit, showing second tippler (left), and track returning to shaft (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 1503455
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from east of west end of tub circuit, showing part of second tippler (left) and continuous running turntable (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 1503457
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: detailed view from west of main conveyor to picking tables emerging from floor below at south west corner of tub circuit.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591400
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from south of east bays at upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591402
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from east across upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591404
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from north west of central bays at upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2592135
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) View of upper level of pit-head with RCAHMS EDM survey in progress.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 758226
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from south west of shaft, track and tubs approaching cage
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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SC 1440676
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Detailed interior view from E looking through the arcades of brick arches separating the railway sidings passing under the colliery's surface buildings. Wagons were filled from conveyors and hoppers in the floors above, which contained the Picking Tables
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/6/1993
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1440700
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Interior view from NE showing long conveyor leading to North Hopper
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503442
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from south west across upper decking level. This area contained turntables, ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables. The headframe above the shaft can be seen through the exposed steel roof trusses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503448
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from east of cabin (possibly for tippler), with tub in tippler visible in background
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503456
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: general view from east of south side of tub circuit, showing steel roof trusses and decking, and control cabin adjacent to shaft (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591403
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from west of central bays at upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables. The headframe above the shaft can be seen through the exposed steel roof trusses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591407
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from east of east end of tub circuit, showing elevating creeper (left), and shaft (centre)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591408
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from north west of west end of tub circuit, with continuous running turntable in foreground, and tippler (centre background)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591413
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from east on north side of tub circuit, showing track dividing as it approaches shaft (behind), and tippler control cabin (left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591425
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Diagonal interior view from NE looking through arcades of brick arches separating the railway sidings passing under the colliery's surface buildings. Wagons were filled from conveyors and hoppers in the floors above, which also housed the Picking Tables
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/6/1993
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591426
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Detailed interior view from E looking through the arcades of brick arches separating the railway sidings passing under the colliery's surface buildings. Wagons were filled from conveyors and hoppers in the floors above, which contained the Picking Tables
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/6/1993
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591442
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) View from NE of W end of N facade of colliery, showing arches into which railway wagons entered to be filled from the hoppers and conveyors in the buildings above
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2592172
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Interior view from NE showing long conveyor leading to North Hopper
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1440675
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Diagonal interior view from NE looking through arcades of brick arches separating the railway sidings passing under the colliery's surface buildings. Wagons were filled from conveyors and hoppers in the floors above, which also housed the Picking Tables
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/6/1993
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1440699
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Interior view from SW at first-floor level looking from the SW corner of the colliery surface buildings towards the Picking Tables (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/9/1999
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503452
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from east at east end of tub circuit, showing continuous running turntable (foreground), elevating creeper (left), and shaft (centre). Part of the steelwork forming the headframe above the shaft is also visible
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1503578
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from south west of central bays at upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables. The headframe above the shaft can be seen through the exposed steel roof trusses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2591410
Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from west of shaft, showing track, tubs and gantry above shaft with control cabin
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from east of cabin (possibly for tippler), with tub in tippler visible in background
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead area: view from south of east bays at upper decking level. This area contained ploughs and conveyors which transferred coal to the picking tables. The headframe above the shaft can be seen through the exposed steel roof trusses
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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Newtongrange, Lady Victoria Colliery, Pithead Building (Tub Circuit, Tippler Section, Picking Tables) Pithead upper decking level, Tub Circuit: view from east of west end of tub circuit, showing part of second tippler (left) and continuous running turntable (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/1998
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- Council Midlothian
- Parish Cockpen
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36SW 22.13 centred 3326 6371
The Picking Tables were ranges of slow moving conveyors at which workers stood to remove lumps of stone and other unwanted materials from the coal. Women often did this job as they were prevented from working underground by an Act of 1842.
On emerging from the shaft in cages, the hutches of coal were weighed and checked. Their contents were then tipped onto a conveyor belt using a Tippler (there were originally 6).
When first built the pithead had two levels. This allowed 'simultaneous decking' (loading and unloading) of both decks of the double-deck cages. Single of consecutive decking was introduced in 1962.
Information taken from Lady Victoria Scottish Mining Museum pamphlet dated 1991
