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Photograph showing the methane extraction plant at Cardowan Colliery, 1980s. The coal seam that Cardowan mined was notoriously gassy, and meant extra precautions had to be taken underground.
Hot methane was collected underground and pumped to the surface for firing boilers and sold to the Scottish Gas Board at Provan Gas Works (still visibile from the M8 motorway) prior to the arrival of North Sea Gas. They also supplied the Black and White Whisky Distillers at Stepps.
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I worked here on supply of wood metal and machinery to the pit face it was a very wet pit.one of the firemen lost his legs in an accident on the conveyer belt.i can't recall his name but I think he lived in Glenboig.
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