Edinburgh Collieries Ltd

Introduction

Coal mining company.



Dates

  /  /    Howden Pit (By Fleets)
Opened by R&J Durie, to Edinburgh Collieries Ltd.
  /  /    Catherine Shaft (By Fleets)
Opened by R&J Durie, to Edinburgh Collieries Ltd.
  /  /1857Wallyford Engine Pit (Wallyford)
Opened by Deans & Moore, transferred to Edinburgh Collieries Ltd.
  /  /1857Wallyford Be Pit (Wallyford)
Opened by Deans & Moore, transferred to Edinburgh Collieries Ltd.
  /  /1857Wallyford No 3 Pit (Wallyford)
Opened by Deans & Moore, transferred to Edinburgh Collieries Ltd.
  /  /1866Carberry Colliery (Inveresk)
Pits 1 and 2 opened by Deans & Moore, later owned by Edinburgh Collieries Ltd.
  /  /1880Fleets Pit (Tranent)
Re-opened, transferred to Edinburgh Collieries Ltd. Served by the remaining railway standard section of the Tranent Waggonway which re-opens.
  /  /1900Carberry Colliery (Inveresk)
Pit 3 opened by Deans & Moore, later owned by Edinburgh Collieries Ltd.
  /  /1903Prestonlinks Mine (Prestonpans)
Opened on site of abandoned mine at Cockenzie, transferred to Edinburgh Collieries Ltd and then National Coal Board.