2016

NT3169 : Site of Woolmet Colliery

taken 7 years ago, near to Danderhall, Midlothian, Scotland

Site of Woolmet Colliery
Site of Woolmet Colliery
Woolmet Colliery usually employed around 850 men and closed in 1966 around the time Monktonhall opened. The Woolmet miners were transferred to Monktonhall. The pithead was located around about the centre of the photograph.

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Geographical Context: Quarrying, Mining Park and Public Gardens other tags: Colliery Site Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Woolmet Colliery [5] · Closed Monktonhall Colliery [3] ·
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NT3169, 97 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Richard Webb   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 13 December, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 14 December, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 3128 6993 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:55.0517N 3:6.0647W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 3130 6991
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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