The Story of Scottish Coal
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Killoch Colliery near Ochiltree in Ayrshire, which commenced production in 1960, and became the first Scottish colliery since 1947 to produce over 1 million tons of coal per year. It finally closed in 1987.
© Crown copyright: RCAHMS, SC376899, 1988
© Crown copyright: RCAHMS, SC376899, 1988
The new Scottish collieries were different to the older mines because of their huge concrete towers, within which large electric motors powered friction winding engines, often of German or Swedish design. Coal was brought to the surface in large skips instead of wagons, and both the surface and pit bottom were constructed on a massive scale, containing networks of railways, and large storage bunkers.
The surface arrangements of all Riss's mines were also distinctive because of the extensive facilities provided for the miners, including pithead baths, heated lockers, and canteens.
The surface arrangements of all Riss's mines were also distinctive because of the extensive facilities provided for the miners, including pithead baths, heated lockers, and canteens.