Arbuckle No 2 Pit
Location type
MineName and dates
Arbuckle No 2 PitServed by the Whiterigg, Stanrigg, Arbuckle, Arden Branch (Ballochney Railway).
Description
Stanrigg and Arbuckle Pit was owned by McCracken Bros and consisted of Arbuckle No 2 Pit (upcast), a downcast shaft and Stanrigg No 2 Pit (coal extraction). To the north was Stanrigg No 1 Pit on the Slamannan Railway.
This was the site of the Stanrigg Mining Disaster of the 9th July 1918. The Stanrigg Memorial commemorates the dead.
The pit was established in an area of coal mines previously served by the Arden Branch of Ballochney Railway.
Tags
MineExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
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| Nearby stations Arbuckle Whiterigg Plains Clarkston [Wester Moffat] Clarkston (Lanark) Caldercruix Drumgelloch Rawyards Longriggend Drumgelloch [1st] Commonhead (Airdrie North) Airdrie Hallcraig Street Airdrie [CR] Airdrie Airdrie [Leaend] | Old coal Pit Coal Pit Stanrigg No 1 Pit Stanrigg No 3 Pit Coal Pit Stanrigg Reservoir Coal Pit Arbuckle Junction Coal Pit Ironstone Pit Coal Pit Coal Pit Coal and Ironstone Pit Coal Pit Tourist/other Stanrigg Memorial |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
