Old photograph of steams trains working at Polkemmet Colliery by Whitburn in West Lothian, Scotland. Whitburn town is located halfway between Scotlands's two largest cities, being about 27 miles east of Glasgow and 23 miles west of Edinburgh. The town was once dominated by Polkemmet Colliery, a large coal mine, but this was closed as a result of damage by underground flooding during the 1984 miners' strike and never re-opened. The colliery buildings have gone, and the coal bings that once were prominent have now been removed. Work to dismantle Bing No 3, the infamous burning bing, started in August 2006 and was completed by February 2008. The last major outbreak of burning occurred in 1998.
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