Bowhill Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
Bowhill CollieryServed by the Glencraig, Bowhill and Lady Helen Collieries Railway.
Tags
Colliery Mine PitAliases
Josephine Pit06/09/2023
| Nearby stations Cardenden Lochgelly Kelty Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath (Old) Leslie Kirkcaldy Glenrothes with Thornton Blairadam Sinclairtown [1st] Sinclairtown [2nd] Crossgates (Fife) Thornton Junction Thornton Junction [W&BR] Dysart | Bowhill Washery Cardenden Viaduct Craighead Colliery Bowhill Junction Glencraig Junction Ore Viaduct [Bowhill] Minto Colliery Brandies Pit Cardenden Colliery Clunie Coal Siding Lochgelly Colliery Eliza Pit Lady Helen Colliery [End of line] Pit Tourist/other Lochgelly Colliery Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1895 | Bowhill Coal Company Bowhill Colliery sinking of colliery begins. |
| / /1909 | Fife Coal Company Fife Coal Company takes over the Bowhill Colliery from the Bowhill Coal Company. |
| / /1913 | Cadder Pit, Glasgow Rescue team from Bowhill Colliery, Fife, called out. |
| /07/1938 | Fife Coal Company Bowhill Colliery baths opened by C Augustus Carlow, managing director of the company, and Alexander McLean, former miner. |
| /08/1952 | National Coal Board Begins sinking pit no 3 at Bowhill Colliery and improves pits nos 1 and 2. |
| /07/1965 | National Coal Board Bowhill Colliery closed, but the Bowhill Washery remains open. |
