The Lady Victoria Colliery, home of the National Mining Museum Scotland, was Scotland’s first super-pit!
Now, the site boasts even more accolades!
The National Mining Museum Scotland now serves as an example of one of the best preserved Victorian Collieries in Europe!
The 4-acre Midlothian site effectively captures the developments in mining over generations and highlights include the most powerful steam winding engine in Scotland; the most extensive preserved suite of Lancashire Boilers in the UK, and the only extant timber dredger in Europe – boom!
The Lady Victoria Colliery opened in 1895 and production ceased in 1981.
The public areas of the Museum occupy only a small proportion of the site and are the result of successive programmes of Heritage Lottery Fund, European Regional Development Fund and Historic Scotland capital development.
A Grade ‘A’ listed site, the terrain bears the scars of industrial development, environmental exploitation and exposure to the elements. The majority of the surface structures are composed of brick, steel and iron and, despite their architectural significance, some remain in a derelict state.
Check out their website – HERE!
Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Dalkeith EH22 4QN
The Lady Victoria Colliery, home of the National Mining Museum Scotland, was Scotland’s first super-pit!
Now, the site boasts even more accolades!
The National Mining Museum Scotland now serves as an example of one of the best preserved Victorian Collieries in Europe!
The 4-acre Midlothian site effectively captures the developments in mining over generations and highlights include the most powerful steam winding engine in Scotland; the most extensive preserved suite of Lancashire Boilers in the UK, and the only extant timber dredger in Europe – boom!
The Lady Victoria Colliery opened in 1895 and production ceased in 1981.
The public areas of the Museum occupy only a small proportion of the site and are the result of successive programmes of Heritage Lottery Fund, European Regional Development Fund and Historic Scotland capital development.
A Grade ‘A’ listed site, the terrain bears the scars of industrial development, environmental exploitation and exposure to the elements. The majority of the surface structures are composed of brick, steel and iron and, despite their architectural significance, some remain in a derelict state.
Check out their website – HERE!
Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Dalkeith EH22 4QN
