tarboat's photos with the keyword: fife

Hutchisons Mill at Kirkcaldy has a long history of flour production, dating back to 1826 when Robert Hutchison developed a grain processing plant which would eventually occupy a great swathe of the port area of East Kirkcaldy. The mill is one of only two remaining flour mills in Scotland. Although still on its original site, there has been substantial investment at the Kirkcaldy site. In 2010 the port facilities were re-opened and in 2013 a new mill was built alongside the existing wheat storage facility. At the time of building this was the most technologically advanced mill in the UK. The Hutchison, Kirkcaldy mill has served the Scottish bakery market successfully for many years and understand the special demands of the customers. The mill was specifically designed to include the flexibility required to produce the unique Scottish grades of flours. Flour from locally-grown wheat is still regarded as the key ingredient in Scottish shortbread and biscuits. The mill’s port location enables the import of top quality grain via a cargo boat. At Kirkcaldy 70% of the wheat is delivered by boat and the remaining wheat is sourced locally from Scotland and North East England. The Carr business was founded by Jonathan Dodgson Carr in the 1830s and has two other mills at Silloth and Maldon. Since 2016 it has been owned by Whitworth Holdings. Carr’s head office is based at the Kirkcaldy site. At the wharf is the 'MAIKE' which is a German registered General Cargo ship that was built in 1989. Her carrying capacity is 2339 tonnes DWT.

A train from Dundee to Edinburgh made up of a pair of Scotrail class 170 units leaves the station at Ladybank.

Tools of the trade depicted on the date panel of the former Miners' Welfare building at Methil, Fife. The building is now used as part of a Community Learning Centre although it appears that the snooker hall is still open.

The Royal Naval Air Station at Crail has a large number of surviving listed buildings including this Aircraft Repair Shop which is listed Category A.

A rather decrepit looking clock on the front of the long-closed Marks and Spencer shop in Kirkcaldy. There are a number of examples of these clocks to be found across the UK.

Category B listed water pumping station and water tower at Ladybank. The stonework over the door states "Ladybank Water Works" with the date 1908.

Scotrail HST set led by 43235 with 43163 at the rear takes the line towards Dundee as it leaves the station at Ladybank.

158 728 has just passed overthe pedestrian crossing at Ladybank Golf Club and will soon be stopping at Ladybank Station with a service from Perth to Edinburgh.

Frances Colliery worked undersea coals from its cliff-top location. It was known locally as 'The Dubbie' because of wet undergound conditions, and was taken over by the Fife Coal Company in 1923 and subsequently equipped with its own washery, built by Simon Carves in 1925. Further redevelopment occurred in the 1930s, and in the 1940s, new headgear and a ground-mounted Robey & Metro Vickers electric 1,600hp winding engine were installed with minimum disruption to production. Fires caused by spontaneous combustion broke out during the 1984 strike. Retained on care and maintenance basis after 1985, but planned 'Frances Project' of 1990 never materialised, and the surface buildings were subsequently demolished with the exception of the headframe which survives as a monument to the Fife coal industry. The shaft is now used to pump water into an adjacent minewater treatment plant.

The former Miners' Welfare building at Methil, Fife, is now used as part of a Community Learning Centre although it appears that the snooker hall is still open. It was built in 1927.

This corrugated iron building is one of the few remains of Cults limeworks. Limeburning ended here in 1968 after which powdered limestone products were made here for a few years using stone brought in from Shap in Cumbria.

Longannet power station had a generating capacity of 2,400 MW and was operated by Scottish Power. It was completed in 1973 and at that time it was the largest in Europe. In addition to coal it is capable of burning biomass, natural gas and sludge. It closed in March 2016 after missing out on a contract with National Grid and the chimney was demolished on 9th December 2021. This view is across the Forth from Bo'ness Station.

Disused Longannet power station seen from Falkirk. It had a generating capacity of 2,400 MW and is operated by Scottish Power. The station was completed in 1973 and at that time it was the largest in Europe. In addition to coal it was capable of burning biomass, natural gas and sludge. It closed in March 2016 after missing out on a contract with National Grid.

Longannet power station seen over the oil refinery at Grangemouth. It had a generating capacity of 2,400 MW and is operated by Scottish Power. It was completed in 1973 and at that time it was the largest in Europe. In addition to coal it was capable of burning biomass, natural gas and sludge. It closed in March 2016 after missing out on a contract with National Grid.

Longannet power station has a generating capacity of 2,400 MW and is operated by Scottish Power. It was completed in 1973 and at that time it was the largest in Europe. In addition to coal it is capable of burning biomass, natural gas and sludge.

Made by Lochside Coal and Fireclay Company, Townhill, Dunfermline. Opened 1902, closed 1974.

Bowman & Co were proprietors of the Muiredge Colliery at Buckhaven from the early 1860s and by 1895 had established a brickworks adjacent to the pit. This had gone by 1914. In the 1890s the company sank Denbeath Colliery close to the shore on the other side of Buckhaven. In 1895 the Wemyss Brick Works is shown on the OS map a short distance north-east of the colliery but this had been swallowed up in raiway sidings by 1914. My best guess is that this brick is a product of the works at Muiredge Colliery before Bowman and Co sold their collieries to the Wemyss Coal Co Ltd in 1905. Image courtesy of Alan Fleming

The Balgonie Colliery Company operated the brickworks alongside the colliery in Thornton, Fife. It appears that the brickworks had either closed or been sold by 1947 as it was not passed to the NCB.