Carberry Colliery
Colliery(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Carberry Colliery
Classification Colliery(S) (19th Century)
Canmore ID 132484
Site Number NT37SE 111
NGR NT 3640 7002
NGR Description Centred on NT 3640 7002
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/132484
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT37SE 111 3633 7007
CARBERRY Colliery
Location: Musselburgh
Previous Owners: Deans and Moore, Edinburgh Collieries Company from 1900
Types of Coal: Gas, House and Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1866
Year Closed: 1960
Year Abandoned: 1960
Average Workforce: 589
Peak Workforce: 615
Peak Year: 1952
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, 229m and 241m deep. No. 1 shaft disused after sinking of No. 3 shaft in 1900.
Details in 1948: Output 600 tons per day, 150,000 tons per annum. 500 employees. Lurig type washer [equipment for the wet cleaning of coal]. Baths, canteen, first-aid room. Electricity supplied by SE Scotland Electricity Board. Report dated 15-07-1948.
Other Details: Washery closed in 1953 and coal sent to new washery at Dalkeith 5 (NT36NE 76).
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
