Seafield Colliery Explained

Seafield Colliery was in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Work on the colliery was started on 12 May 1954 and production began in 1966.[1] On 10 May 1973, five men were killed when a roof collapsed.[2] [3] 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, Seafield Colliery was closed in 1988.[4] In September 1989, the Seafield Colliery twin towers were demolished.[5] [6]

Darts player Jocky Wilson, was once a miner at the colliery.[7]

The site of the former colliery has been built over and is now a housing estate.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hutton, Guthrie . The Scottish Coal Industry . Stenlake Publishing Ltd . 2022 . 978-1-84033-928-4 . Catrine . 43.
  2. Web site: Experiencing the terror of being trapped underground. www.fifetoday.co.uk. 25 January 2018. en.
  3. Web site: Seafield Colliery Roof Fall - Kirkcaldy - 1973.
  4. Web site: Pit closures, year by year. BBC News. 25 January 2018. 5 March 2004.
  5. Web site: 25th anniversary of miners' strike. www.fifetoday.co.uk. 25 January 2018. en.
  6. Web site: Fife Nostalgia: The 'burial' of Seafield. www.fifetoday.co.uk.
  7. Web site: Jocky Wilson, Scotland's darts hero, dies at 62. HeraldScotland. 25 January 2018. en.

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