Kingshill Colliery No 3



Dates

  /08/1946Kingshill Colliery No 3
Sunk by the National Coal Board, originally planned by the Coltness Iron Works.
  /  /1952Kingshill Colliery No 3
Opened by the National Coal Board. Connected by double track cable haulage railway to new preparation plant at Kingshill Colliery No 1. The new preparation plant also replaces the Royal George Washery at the Coltness Iron Works and is used for coal from Branchal Mine and Overtown Mine.
  /  /1968Kingshill Colliery No 1
Mine closed, but coal preparation plant remains open for Kingshill Colliery No 3.
15/07/1974Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway
Morningside to Castlehill Branch Junction (Kingshill Colliery No 1 and Kingshill Colliery No 3) closed to freight.