Smeaton Colliery



Dates

  /  /1839Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
Dalkeith branch opened. It connected to the Duke of Buccleuch's Tramway, owned by Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott the Duke of Buccleuch's, which served collieries at Smeaton (Smeaton Colliery) and Cowden (Cowdenfoot Colliery).
  /  /1907Smeaton Colliery (Dalkeith)
Opened for A G Moore & Co, closed by National Coal Board.
  /  /1953Dalkeith Colliery (Dalkeith)
Coal Preparation Plant opened by National Coal Board, uses existing 5, 6 for ventilation and 7, 8 for access, uses the Smeaton Colliery bing.