The entrance to Knockshinnoch Lagoons
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The entrance to Knockshinnoch Lagoons
Image: © Ann Cook Taken: 15 May 2013
This place holds a terrible place in mining history. On 7th September 1950, 13 men lost their lives when a large volume of liquid peat and moss broke through into the main coal seam. Miraculously 116 men were saved. The area above the pit, where the spoil from washed coal was dumped in lagoons, has now become a nature reserve. The story of the distaer is told in the book "Black Avalanche" by Arthur and Mary Sellwood.
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