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Coal refuse dump, Fife, 1937
Photograph of railway wagons and track at a new dump being made on football pitch at Buckhaven, Fife, for coal washery refuse from the Wellesley Colliery.
Construction of Castlehill Mine, 1964
Photograph of Castlehill Colliery under construction. Mouth of mine on left, frame of compressor house on right.
Construction of Castlehill Mine, 1965
Photograph of site of Castlehill Colliery during construction.
Construction of Castlehill Mine, 1965
Photograph of workmen laying wooden planks in front of mine opening during construction of Castlehill Colliery.
Kinneil Colliery railway sidings, 1954
Photograph of railway sidings on west side of Kinneil Colliery prior to its 1955 reconstruction.
Main Street, Douglas, c 1950
Photograph of Main Street in Douglas, Lanarkshire. A young girl stands in street in front of a house named 'Mari-Dhu', 84 Main Street, which was owned by Glentaggart Coal Company Ltd.