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Latitude: 56.1327 / 56°7'57"N
Longitude: -3.112 / 3°6'43"W
OS Eastings: 330985
OS Northings: 693887
OS Grid: NT309938
Mapcode National: GBR 2C.KNTD
Mapcode Global: WH6RW.53CY
Plus Code: 9C8R4VMQ+36
Entry Name: Headframe And Winding Engine House, Frances Colliery, Dysart
Listing Name: Dysart, Frances Colliery, Headframe and Winding Engine House Including Associated Fixtures and Fittings
Listing Date: 10 September 1995
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 346827
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13638
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Dysart, Frances Colliery, Headframe And Winding Engine House
ID on this website: 200346827
Location: Kirkcaldy and Dysart
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Kirkcaldy East
Parish: Kirkcaldy And Dysart
Traditional County: Fife
Tagged with: Architectural structure
HEADFRAME: Dickson Mann Ltd, 1943. Tandem pulley colliery headframe. Steel girder structure, 111ft high, with 2 superposed pulley sheels of standard colliery type; orientated SW-NE.
WINDING ENGINE HOUSE: 1943. Single storey, rectangular-plan engine house, sited NE of headframe. Steel-framed with rendered brick. Steel casement windows. Corrugated asbestos roof; concrete skews. Interior: electric winding engine, rope, and associated control equipment.
Frances Colliery was sunk in 1878. The new tandem headframe was constructed around the existing headframe (but facing a different direction) in 1943. This method of construction allowed the pulleys and winding ropes to be transferred to the new frame on a Sunday, losing only a few hours work. The electrical parts of the new engine were supplied by Metro Vickers, the mechanical parts by Robeys, and the braking system by Barclays of Kilmarnock. The headframe and electric winding machinery were the last "traditional" equipment of the type in use in Scotland.
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