Prestongrange Colliery
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Prestongrange Colliery (1874-1962)Description
This was a colliery close to the south bank of the Firth of Forth.
The colliery provided coal for many including, before it was re-sunk in 1874, the incline engines for the Dundee and Newtyle Railway at Law Incline, Balbeuchly Incline and Hatton Incline.
The site is now the Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum noted particularly for its beam engine.
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Colliery| Nearby stations Wallyford Prestonpans Wallyford [1st] Inveresk Musselburgh [2nd] Fisherrow Musselburgh Seton Smeaton Crossgatehall Halt Newhailes Joppa [2nd] Newcraighall Seton Mains Halt Niddrie [3rd] | Morrison^s Haven Morrison^s Haven Junction North Field Colliery Wallyford Colliery Pit No 1 Wallyford Brick Works Wallyford Colliery Pit No 3 Pinkiehill Colliery Bankton Colliery Prestonlinks Colliery Tourist/other Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum Preston Grange Level Crossing Preston Tower Preston Market Cross Colonel Gardiner^s Monument Bankton House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 30/11/2022 | Prestongrange Heritage Park plans are 'firmly on track' [East Lothian Council] |
