Tynemount Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tynemount Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 130968
Site Number NT46NW 80
NGR NT 4010 6856
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/130968
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Ormiston
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT46NW 80 4010 6856
TYNEMOUNT Colliery
Location: Ormiston
Previous Owners: Ormiston Coal Company
Types of Coal: House and Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1924
Year Closed: 1952
Year Abandoned: 1962
Average Workforce: 301
Peak Workforce: 370
Peak Year: 1948
Shaft/Mine Details: 1 shaft, 91m deep
Details in 1948: Output 335 tons per day, 83,750 tons per annum. 334 employees. Baum-type washer (Blantyre Engineering Company). Canteen, first-aid, ambulance. Electricity bought from 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.
The national grid reference was changed from N4008 6856 to NT4010 6856 as a result of further research.
Information from RCAHMS (MKO) 28 June 2006.
