Disused railway line at Knowfaulds
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Disused railway line at Knowfaulds
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 7 Jun 2013
This was built to connect Glenochil Colliery to the main railway network, The colliery was ill-fated and short-lived, operating only from 1956 to 1962. Envisaged as one of the UK's 'Superpits', the extent of available workable reserves was grossly overestimated; much had already been abstracted by earlier workings.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.141523
Longitude
-3.841215