A Padlocked Padlock
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A Padlocked Padlock
Image: © Ian Dodds Taken: 6 Aug 2021
I have never seen this before. It looks as though the main padlock has been designed like this though, having two holes for the lower padlocks. If this is for extra security, which it surely must be, it means that the 'U' of the main padlock must have to go down further inside before releasing - otherwise it makes no sense at all, to me anyway! It looks like bolt-cutters are required to get in anyway, if you are that way inclined. The electrical substation sits at the bottom of Colliery Lane, so named because it is part of a new housing development built on the site of the former Polkemmet mine. It is said that more man-hours were worked at this mine over its long history than any other in Scotland. Modern substations tend to look like this one, and a label on the side states that it weighs a nice round 500kg.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.860174
Longitude
-3.70932