Greenrigg pit

Pit in the lands of Polkemmet

• The 1948 List of Mines records Greenrigg pit, within the NCB Central East area, N. Robertson, manager, employing 345 underground and 115 on the surface working Mill, Main and Colinburn coals.

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PIT BATHS SCHEME. OPENING CEREMONIES AT GREENRIGG AND LOGANLEA COLLIERIES. Yesterday (Thursday) afternoon pithead baths were formally opened at Greenrigg Colliery, near Harthill, and Loganlea Colliery, near Stoneyburn, both of which are owned by the United Collieries Ltd. The installation of the baths at Greenrigg is an innovation so far as the county of West Lothian is concerned, while the Loganlea installation claims the same distinction in respect of the county of Midlothian. In both instances the baths are provided by the Miners Welfare Committee. The baths, which are erected in close proximity to the pit, embrace some of the latest improvements in construction. The sole object of the scheme is, of course, to enable the miner to divest himself of his pit clothes as soon as he reaches the surface to bathe himself to proceed to his home clean.

West Lothian Courier, 30th May 1930