Seafield Colliery
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Seafield Colliery was in Kirkcaldy
, Fife
, Scotland
at . Work on the colliery was started in 12 May 1954 and it was opened in 1960. On 10 May 1973, five men were killed when a roof collapsed. Despite it being said that it had a life of 150 years, with reserves of 60 million tons - much of the coal
being deep under the bed of the Firth of Forth
- Seafield Colliery was closed in 1988. In September 1989, the Seafield Colliery twin towers were demolished.
Darts player Jocky Wilson
, was once a miner at the colliery.
The site of the former colliery has been built over and is now a housing estate.
Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. The town lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth; SSE of Glenrothes, ENE of Dunfermline, WSW of Dundee and NNE of Edinburgh...
, Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
at . Work on the colliery was started in 12 May 1954 and it was opened in 1960. On 10 May 1973, five men were killed when a roof collapsed. Despite it being said that it had a life of 150 years, with reserves of 60 million tons - much of the coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
being deep under the bed of the Firth of Forth
Firth of Forth
The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland's River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea, between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian to the south...
- Seafield Colliery was closed in 1988. In September 1989, the Seafield Colliery twin towers were demolished.
Darts player Jocky Wilson
Jocky Wilson
John Thomas Wilson known as "Jocky" Wilson, is a former Scottish darts champion. He retired from the game in 1995.Wilson was twice World professional Darts Champion in 1982 and 1989...
, was once a miner at the colliery.
The site of the former colliery has been built over and is now a housing estate.