Argyll Colliery
The last surviving building (the old sub-station) at the Argyll Colliery sits alongside the Machrihanish caravan park that now occupies the remainder of the site. For a while this was used as a pub known as the Laggan Bar but no longer. Argyll Colliery started producing coal in 1950 and was close to another mine of the same name that had closed in 1929. The first mine sent coal out to Campbeltown Harbour by canal from Drumlemble and then the narrow gauge railway (which ran just behind the camera) but the new mine had to use road transport. It ceased production in 1967 although the pit head baths stood alongside the road until 2005 before demolition. [Ref query 25 October 2017]. [With thanks to Malcolm Chattwood for colliery information].
Location: Argyll Colliery
Original line: National Coal Board
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 22/10/2017
Image number: 61673
