Easthouses Extension Pit
The underpass below the B6482 at Easthouses (currently closed off) seen from the north in September 2019. This is the route of the Easthouses Tramway, a 3ft 6in gauge 'tub road' used to convey coal from Easthouses drift mine behind the camera to the Lothian Coal Company's central washing, screening and disposal facilities at Lady Victoria, one and a half miles to the south. Originally operated using an 'endless rope' haulage system the task was taken over by narrow gauge diesel locomotives during the NCB era. Easthouses ceased production in 1969.
Location: Easthouses Extension Pit (former)
Original line: Easthouses Tramway (Lothian Coal Co Ltd)
Photographer: John Furnevel
Contact photographer: John Furnevel
Date: 11/09/2019
Image number: 71953
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