Tramway bridge, Birkhill Clay Mine, Upper Kinneil

Maker
Robert Gibson
Production date
1978
 Description
View of a twin track tramway with continuous cables on a wooden bridge over a ravine. There is a footway next to the tracks which descend into an adit mine opening which slopes down into the hillside.
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Maker
Production date
1978
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Subject place
Birkhill Mine/Upper Kinneil/Bo'ness area
Subject notes
The tracks ran from the mine processing plant, over the River Avon, to No 3 mine. No 3 was opened in November 1932. Two adits were driven, one as an entrance, the other for ventilation. Unlike No 1 and 2 mines, geological faulting did not prevent it being a productive mine.
Accession number
P03279

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