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Muirhousedyke pit (2)

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Opened:
pre 1850
Regional overview:
Pits - pre 1855

Early coal pit in the lands of Loganlea, one of two shafts (see other) marked on the 1855 OS map, and offered for lease in 1850

  • Location of pit, and boundaries of the lands of Loganlea
    muirhousedykes 2 1855 muirhousedykes 2 1895 muirhousedykes 2 aerial muirhousedykes 2 lidar

    References

    GOING COLLIERY FOR SALE. THE COLLIERY of MUIRHOUSEDYKE, situated on the Lands of Mr. Logan, in the Parish of West Calder, County of Edinburgh, which consists of several Hundreds of Acres of first-rate Coal in Three or Four Seams, ranging in thickness from Two Feet Eight Inches, to Six Feet thick, respectively. The Bathgate and Wilsontown Railway passes within Four Hundred Yards of the Lands; the Caledonian Railway within Four Miles; and it is the nearest Coal Field to the West of Edinburgh. There are Two Steam Engines on the Work, one of them Thirty of Horse-power (new), the other about Twelve Horse-power, with the necessary erection for carrying on an extensive output. , Offers to be handed to Mr. Andrew Thomson, at Muirhouse-dyke, the present Lessee, who will give every information, and show the Workings, &c.

    Glasgow Herald, 14th June 1850

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