*The watermark is for internet copyright purposes only and will not appear on the purchased printWork started on the Aitken colliery in 1893 and it remained in operation until 1963. After the First World War a power station was built at the Aitken to supply electricity to 13 other pits belonging to the Fife Coal Company. The cooling towers, wooden at the date of this painting (1947) were replaced with concrete towers in 1948