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Dalmeny No.2 pit

Parish:
Dalmeny, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
City of Edinburgh
Ownership:
Dalmeny Oil Co. Ltd. (1871)
Seams worked:
Broxburn Shale
Opened:
Uncertain
Closed:
Uncertain - surface buildings appear to have been cleared pre-1896
Current status of site:
Landscaped space within oil terminal
Regional overview:
Mines in the Dalmeny area

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Vertical shaft

Serving Dalmeny Oil Works

The history of the pit is unclear. It seems likely that once workings of No. 2 were linked to those of Dalmeny No. 3 Pit, the surface buildings of No. 2 Pit were demolished and the site subsequently covered by spent shale from Dalmeny Oil Works.

Shale-field: Dalmeny and Queensferry shale-field.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1896, showing no trace of pithead other than an earthwork linking the mine site to the oil works.

  • Location & workings at Dalmeny No.2 pit

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  • External references

      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 4323, showing workings in the Main or Broxburn, Curly, New, Brushing Shales from Dalmeny No. 2 & 3 Railway mines, abandoned in 1901.
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 6510, showing workings in the Main or Broxburn, Curly, New, Brushing Shales from Dalmeny No. 2 & 3 Railway mines, abandoned in 1914.

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