Fife Coal Company

The Fife Coal Company was established in 1872 to take over the operations of the Beath and Blairadam Coal Company.[1][2] Its head office was latterly in Leven.[3] With the absorption of eight further companies it had become the largest operator in the field in Fife by 1909. By 1913, with 14,000 mineworkers, it was the largest mining industry employer in Scotland and the third-largest in the United Kingdom.[4] In addition to coal, the company worked some ironstone.[5] The company was disestablished on 31 December 1946 under nationalisation, transferring to the new National Coal Board the next day.[6]

Fife Coal Company wagon

See also

References
  1. "Fife Coal Co Veterans". www.scottishmining.co.uk.
  2. Team, National Records of Scotland Web (31 May 2013). "National Records of Scotland". National Records of Scotland.
  3. "Fife Coal Co - Graces Guide". www.gracesguide.co.uk.
  4. Duncan, Robert (2005). The Mineworkers. Edinburgh: Birlinn. p. 146. ISBN 1 84158 365 0.
  5. "Durham Mining Museum - Fife Coal Co., Ltd". www.dmm.org.uk.
  6. "the Wemyss Private Railway - WPR - a Model Railway Layout in 00 Gauge - Books - Fife Coal Company Limited". www.wemyssprivaterailway.info.
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