Longannet Colliery
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Longannet Colliery
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 15 Oct 2009
The remains of the last deep coal mine in Scotland. It supplied the nearby power station until in 2002, a dam broke and flooded the mine. The stockpile of coal for the power station, now brought in by rail via Alloa or occasionally Culross in the background.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.057275
Longitude
-3.693942