National Coal Board : Scottish Division, West Ayr Area : Killoch Colliery inauguration brochure, 22 December 1952 : cover
In the years immediately following the nationalisation of the British Coal Industry and the formation of the National Coal Board, the new undertaking were faced with a massive task of improving the industry, making up for years of decline and fragmentation, and so improving output, sales and working conditions. One huge part of this task was the development of new 'super-pits' taking the advantage of gaining access to new areas of coal fields and using the latest technology and methods, such as mechanised faces.
In the Scottish Division many of the projects involved the work of an emigre architect and designer Egon Riss, best recalled for his design for the now highly collectable Penguin Books bookcase. In common with other schemes a booklet was issued to commemorate the start of the sinking of the shafts of the new colliery, shows the layout and architecture that is typical of Riss's work. This is the cover from the brochure issued on 22 December 1952 to inaugurate the commencement of shaft sinking on the site. Killoch, to the east of Ayr and close to Auchinleck, was designed to gain access to virgin seams in the Mauchline Basin. The adjacent areas were long mining territory.
National Coal Board : Scottish Division, West Ayr Area : Killoch Colliery inauguration brochure, 22 December 1952 : cover
In the years immediately following the nationalisation of the British Coal Industry and the formation of the National Coal Board, the new undertaking were faced with a massive task of improving the industry, making up for years of decline and fragmentation, and so improving output, sales and working conditions. One huge part of this task was the development of new 'super-pits' taking the advantage of gaining access to new areas of coal fields and using the latest technology and methods, such as mechanised faces.
In the Scottish Division many of the projects involved the work of an emigre architect and designer Egon Riss, best recalled for his design for the now highly collectable Penguin Books bookcase. In common with other schemes a booklet was issued to commemorate the start of the sinking of the shafts of the new colliery, shows the layout and architecture that is typical of Riss's work. This is the cover from the brochure issued on 22 December 1952 to inaugurate the commencement of shaft sinking on the site. Killoch, to the east of Ayr and close to Auchinleck, was designed to gain access to virgin seams in the Mauchline Basin. The adjacent areas were long mining territory.