Site of Valleyfield Colliery memorial
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Site of Valleyfield Colliery memorial
Image: © Euan Nelson Taken: 25 May 2010
First sunk in 1908, and eventually becoming a three pit operation in 1954, Valleyfield was said to produce the best coking and navigational coal in Scotland. Unfortunately, this came at a very high price as Valleyfield witnessed some terrible fatalities in its 70 year history. The worst occurred on 28 October 1939, when 35 men were killed, and 26 injured following an explosion. A memorial to this disaster is located in High Valleyfield. April 1968 saw the last carts of coal emerge from Valleyfield. Thereafter, operations centred on Kinneil as a tunnel underneath the Forth had linked the two mines. In 1978, Valleyfield finally closed.
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Image Location
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56.060242
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