National Coal Board Central Works Fife
Location type
WorksNames and dates
Cowdenbeath Central Works (1924-1948)National Coal Board Central Works Fife (1948-1988)
Open on the Fife Coal Co Ltd.
Description
This mining works was opened by the Fife Coal Co Ltd in 1924. The works carried out maintenance work (eg overhauls of locomotives and wagons) and provided equipment needed by the large number of mines in the area. There was an office block too. The works was to the north east of Cowdenbeath [1st] station and served by the coal company's private railway network, predating the works, which was at a lower level than the public railway under which it passed north of the station. The works was east of the public railway and Cowdenbeath Colliery Shed to the west.
The works was closed by British Coal Corporation in 1988. The main buildings still stand, now the Thistle Industrial Estate.
