Frances Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
Frances Colliery (1850-1985)
| Nearby stations Dysart Sinclairtown [2nd] Sinclairtown [1st] West Wemyss Glenrothes with Thornton Thornton Junction [W&BR] Thornton Junction Wemyss Castle Kirkcaldy Buckhaven Cameron Bridge [1st] Cameron Bridge Markinch Kinghorn Methil | Dysart Workshops Wellesley Colliery Victoria Pit Wellesley Colliery Lady Pit Hugo Tunnel Dysart Colliery Randolph Pit Wellesley Colliery Hugo Pit Sinclairtown NCL Depot Randolph Siding Kirkcaldy Floorcloth Works Dunnikier Saw Mills Ingleside Works Tourist/other Dysart Harbour West Wemyss Dock Wemyss Castle [Castle] Ravenscraig Castle |
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Chronology Dates
| / /1850 | Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Frances Colliery sunk. |
| / /1923 | Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Fife Coal Company Frances Colliery transferred from Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries to Fife Coal Company. |
| / /1930 | Fife Coal Company Redevelopment of Frances Colliery. |
| / /1965 | National Coal Board Frances Colliery washery closed, coal was then taken to the Bowhill Washery. |
| / /1981 | National Coal Board Approximate date of underground connection between Seafield Colliery and Frances Colliery. |
| / /1984 | National Coal Board Frances Colliery effectively closed following underground fires during the Miner's Strike. |
| / /1988 | National Coal Board Frances Colliery officially closed. |
