Stanrigg No 3 Pit

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Stanrigg No 3 Pit

Served by the Whiterigg, Stanrigg, Arbuckle, Arden Branch (Ballochney Railway).

Description

Also spelled Standrig.

Stanrigg and Arbuckle Pit was owned by McCracken Bros and consisted of Arbuckle No 2 Pit (upcast), a downcast shaft and Stanrigg No 2 Pit (coal extraction). To the north was Stanrigg No 1 Pit on the Slamannan Railway.

This was the site of the Stanrigg Mining Disaster of the 9th July 1918. The Stanrigg Memorial commemorates the dead.

The pit was established in an area of coal mines previously served by the Arden Branch of the Ballochney Railway.

Tags

Mine

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map