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]
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]
56°05′34″N 3°09′55″W / 56.09278°N 3.16522°W
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]
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]
56°05′34″N 3°09′55″W / 56.09278°N 3.16522°W