WebThe Wemyss Private Railway was a network of lines, sometimes known as the Wemyss Estate Railway. The lines were a group of mineral and other railways in Fife, Scotland, mainly on the land of the Wemyss family. They were built to connect coal pits to harbours and the railway network, for the use of tenants of the Estate. The Wemyss and … WebGeneral oblique aerial view of the open cast works on the site of Earlseat Colliery with Moss Wood and the Firth of Forth beyond, looking SSE. 6/8/2015: Item Level: Photographs and Off-line Digital Images: SC 2218617: Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu:
Pit-E-2.Earlseat Mines Nos.1-5 - Fife Pits
WebThe structural remains of the former Earlseat Colliery and its associated miners' cottages (NT 317 979) lay at the centre of the site. Although very little remains of the mine itself, … WebJun 26, 2024 · Locality Latitude Longitude Distance Bearing; Thornton a Colliery, Fife, Scotland, UK: 56° 9' 46" N: 3° 8' 30" W: 0.7km (0.4 miles) Rothes Colliery, Fife, Scotland, UK george orwell censorship quotes
Wemyss Collieries – SWACS
WebWord-processed memoir (46pp, written c. 1996), covering his birth in Windygates, Fife (December 1911), his family, childhood memories, jobs, births, marriages and deaths, starting work at Earlseat Colliery, details … WebMerged in 1959. Sunk 1957. Sunk 1927? Sunk 1936? See Lady Helen. Coal News, June 1993 – Mothballed in 1985. Coal News, January 1995 – to be closed. Included Castlehill and Solsgirth. Sunk 1964 and closed by Scottish Coal. WebThe second [fatal explosion of firedamp], at Ross Colliery, occurred on 22nd May, and was due to a miner, in a section of the mine where safety lamps were used, striking a match to light his pipe. He died on 1st June. [Mine Inspectors Report 1918] 1918: June: 4: Woodhill colliery Kilmaurs : Alexander: Stevenson: Register of FAI - Fall of stone ... christian book shop chorley