Remember when... Rescue operation at 1923 Redding pit disaster
AS the rescue operation at Redding Colliery, near Polmont, continued into its second day, specialist equipment was installed. It was September 26, 1923, and 42 miners were still trapped below ground after the flooding of pit number 23. The machinery was put into operation at the two pit-shafts on which the rescue efforts were centred. A machine capable of driving into the pit 8,000 cubic feet of air per minute was installed at a disused shaft, or “gutterhole”, along with a mechanical pump that could extract 300 gallons of water every minute. Special pumping machinery was erected at ...
Source: heraldscotland.com