NMMS, Newtongrange
Taken at the Eco-museum of Scottish Mining Landscape Launch Event (April 24th 2024). Landscape walk with Matt Harding of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI).
www.mining-landscapes.org/blog/notes-from-the-ecology-gui...
The National Mining Museum Scotland is based at the Lady Victoria Colliery in Newtongrange, Midlothian. The colliery opened in 1895 as a 'superpit' and closed in 1981.
The colliery is category A listed: LB14604
"The Lothian Coal Company Ltd was formed in March 1890 by the combination of Newbattle and Rosewell Collieries with the aim of building a showpiece pit. The Lady Victoria had a 1650' deep winding shaft to the Jewel Seam and was among the first in Scotland to be extensively equipped with electric plant. Steel pit props (from 1911-19) and mechanised mining were early innovations."
portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB14604
NMMS, Newtongrange
Taken at the Eco-museum of Scottish Mining Landscape Launch Event (April 24th 2024). Landscape walk with Matt Harding of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI).
www.mining-landscapes.org/blog/notes-from-the-ecology-gui...
The National Mining Museum Scotland is based at the Lady Victoria Colliery in Newtongrange, Midlothian. The colliery opened in 1895 as a 'superpit' and closed in 1981.
The colliery is category A listed: LB14604
"The Lothian Coal Company Ltd was formed in March 1890 by the combination of Newbattle and Rosewell Collieries with the aim of building a showpiece pit. The Lady Victoria had a 1650' deep winding shaft to the Jewel Seam and was among the first in Scotland to be extensively equipped with electric plant. Steel pit props (from 1911-19) and mechanised mining were early innovations."
portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB14604