Seafield Colliery
Seafield Colliery was in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Work on the colliery was started on 12 May 1954[1] and it was opened in 1960.[2] On 10 May 1973, five men were killed when a roof collapsed.[3][4] Despite it being said that it had a life of 150 years, with millions of tons, much of the coal being deep under the bed of the Firth of Forth,[2] Seafield Colliery was closed in 1988.[5] In September 1989, the Seafield Colliery twin towers were demolished.[6][7]
Darts player Jocky Wilson, was once a miner at the colliery.[8]
The site of the former colliery has been built over and is now a housing estate.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Edinburgh and Northern Railway". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ a b "100 Weeks of Scotland: Coal industry". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Experiencing the terror of being trapped underground". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Seafield Colliery Roof Fall - Kirkcaldy - 1973".
- ^ "Pit closures, year by year". BBC News. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ a b "25th anniversary of miners' strike". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Fife Nostalgia: The 'burial' of Seafield". www.fifetoday.co.uk.
- ^ "Jocky Wilson, Scotland's darts hero, dies at 62". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
Coordinates: 56°05′34″N 3°09′55″W / 56.09278°N 3.16522°W
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