Whiterigg Coal Pit
Location type
MineName and dates
Whiterigg Coal PitServed by the Whiterigg, Stanrigg, Arbuckle, Arden Branch (Ballochney Railway).
Description
Established in 1829, rail served from 1830 by the Whiterigg Branch of the Ballochney Railway. Developed by Robert Miller and Robert Addie (Dundyvan Iron Works).
Closed 1880s. Remains exposed by open cast in the area during the 1990s which removed surface building, underground structures and the former railway lines.
Tags
MineExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Whiterigg Arbuckle Plains Clarkston [Wester Moffat] Rawyards Clarkston (Lanark) Drumgelloch Drumgelloch [1st] Commonhead (Airdrie North) Airdrie Hallcraig Street Airdrie [CR] Airdrie Caldercruix Airdrie [Leaend] Longriggend | Standrigg Ironstone Pit End of Ballochney Whitrigg Branch Whiterigg Lye Ironstone Pit Ironstone Pit Darngavil Junction Ironstone Pit Dykehead Coal Pit No 3 Stanrigg Oil Works Coal Pit Whiterigg Colliery Pit No 1 Quarry Coal Pit Stanrigg Colliery Victor Emanuel Pits Nos 1 and 2 Whiterig Brick and Tile Works |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
