Scottish Coal, Stane, Scotland March 08

maden_2 · Apr 17, 2008

Visited here solo February 08, again with Shepy & Sonorg March 08.

Not much information kicking about on this one im afraid, other than it was home to Scotlands biggest dragline Coal Shovel.

Reaperman · Apr 17, 2008

Looks like a screen / grading plant for the opencast. Possibly its been put by for future use. I gather Scottish coal have a lot of prospects for opencast's and plans for a new deep mine, quite possibly still some way off though.

BarneySchwarzenegger · Apr 17, 2008

I like the 240v sign in second pic. Good report and pics.

Foxylady · Apr 19, 2008

That's an excellent site. Some really interesting heavy machinery there. Great pics, as always...love that last one with the screw-type conveyor.

Shepy · Apr 19, 2008

Nice one maden_2, i was waiting for you to put up a report on this one as the site was your find.

Such a lovely site, with lots of interesting machines still to look at. Suited me right down to the ground as im a huge fan of big industry.

Everything is safe enough to get about on, no real signs of decay yet though the wind flapping through the building will give you a bit of a scare a few times as the whole place makes the strangest croaks and groans!

My pics from the day: