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Rothes Colliery, Glenrothes, Fife

RIBA Ref No RIBA25299
Architect/DesignerRiss, Egon (1901-1964)
Artist/PhotographerGalwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971)
CountryUK: Scotland
CityGlenrothes
Subject Date1958
Image Date1958
ViewExterior
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP Box 269 Rothes
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectColliery buildings ; Mining ; Concrete
NOTES: Rothes was an experimental colliery for which Glenrothes, Scotland's second New Town, was created in 1948 to provide housing for the coal miners and their families. The pit closed in 1961 because of unstemmable flooding problems and a decline in coal requirements nationwide.
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