Photo - pit bottom
code: LVSAV2019.077
Description
B&W negative copied in 1990 from official albums then held at Grangemouth refinery.
This well-lit and whitewashed pit bottom may be at Burngrange pit. Hutches full of shale have been delivered to pit bottom by pit pony or underground locomotive. They are then pushed into the pit cage and hauled to the surface. The worker on the left is inserting "snibbles" ( a metal peg) between the spokes of the hutches to stop them running away.
