Seafield Colliery

Seafield Colliery was in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Work on the colliery was started on 12 May 1954 and production began in 1966.[1] On 10 May 1973, five men were killed when a roof collapsed.[2][3] Despite it being said that it had a life of 150 years, with millions of tons, much of the coal being deep under the bed of the Firth of Forth,[1] Seafield Colliery was closed in 1988.[4] In September 1989, the Seafield Colliery twin towers were demolished.[5][6]

Site of the colliery, now a housing estate

Darts player Jocky Wilson, was once a miner at the colliery.[7]

The site of the former colliery has been built over and is now a housing estate.[5]

References
  1. Hutton, Guthrie (2022). The Scottish Coal Industry. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing Ltd. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-84033-928-4.
  2. "Experiencing the terror of being trapped underground". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. "Seafield Colliery Roof Fall - Kirkcaldy - 1973".
  4. "Pit closures, year by year". BBC News. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. "25th anniversary of miners' strike". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  6. "Fife Nostalgia: The 'burial' of Seafield". www.fifetoday.co.uk.
  7. "Jocky Wilson, Scotland's darts hero, dies at 62". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 25 January 2018.


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