Wee Mary Pit, Lochgelly (3) - Winter of 1947
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The Lochgelly Iron and Coal Company sunk the first Mary Shaft in 1872 and the second Mary shaft in 1886. The second shaft remained in operation until the 1930s
This painting of derelict surface plant dates from March 1947, when - as can be seen from the painting - Britain was in the grip of its fiercest winter of the 20th Century