Air Shafts
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Air Shafts by Robert Struthers as part of the Geograph project.
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Air Shafts
Image: © Robert Struthers Taken: 26 Sep 2015
What looks like the remains of an old building is an air shaft for the Fordell Day Level, a drainage system for the former coal pits in the area. It used to drain into the Fordell burn a few miles south but the Muir Dean open cast mine uncovered it and the water is now pumped from the mine workings. In the distance is another shaft, the more usual round type.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.07936
Longitude
-3.36165