Blairhall Colliery
| Nearby stations East Grange Oakley (Fife) Culross [1st] Torryburn Culross [2nd] Bogside Fife Cairneyhill Bo^ness Bo^ness [1st] Braeside Halt Kinneil Kilbagie Charlestown [1st] Forest Mill Kincardine | Comrie Dean Viaduct Blairhall Junction Ironstone Pit No 14 Coal Pit No 4 Ironstone Pit Ironstone Pit No 12 Ironstone Pit No 13 Coal Pit No 1 Oakley Yard Coal Pit Coal Pit No 17 Oakley Exchange Yard Ironstone Pit No 16 Tourist/other Comrie Castle Comrie LC [Fife] |
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Chronology Dates
| / /1870 | Carron Iron Company Blairhall Colliery sunk for blackband ironstone. The mine was served by the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway. |
| / /1880 | Carron Iron Company Lochgelly Iron Company Blairhall Colliery sold by the Carron Iron Company to the Lochgelly Iron Company. |
| / /1880 | Lochgelly Iron Company Coltness Iron Company Blairhall Colliery sold by the Lochgelly Iron Company to the Coltness Iron Company. |
| / /1890 | Coltness Iron Company Blairhall Colliery begins to be worked out. The Coltness Iron Company plans new shafts Lord Bruce and Lady Veronica named after Lord Elgin's children to reach new coal measures. |
| / /1906 | Coltness Iron Company Blairhall Colliery, two new shafts sunk. |
| 21/07/1912 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Blairhall signalbox opened. (New shafts at Blairhall Colliery sunk in 1906). |
| /05/1924 | Coltness Iron Company Blairhall Colliery Miners institute opened. |
| /05/1969 | National Coal Board Blairhall Colliery closed (alternative date 13/06/1969). Coal preparation plant remains open. |
| /04/1971 | National Coal Board Blairhall Colliery coal preparation plant closed. |
| /02/1973 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Blairhall Colliery sidings re-opened by the Opencast Executive. Many sidings were lifted in 1974. |
