Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum

Part of Prestongrange

Coal and Fireclay Museum

Oct 28th, 2024 from MuseumList by BertyBasset



#26,525
Midland Valley
Prestongrange
55.9516678, -3.007241
NT 3720 7364
Private Land
6m
9 Images


Winding Gear, Brick kiln, Cornish beam engine.

Salt boiling, chemical synthesis, soap making, glass, pottery, ceramics, bricks.



  • 1962 Prestongrange Colliery closes
  • 1984-1992 Run together with Victoria Pit as National Mining Museum
  • 1992 Became Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum to focus on other significant but vanished industries


Closed October. Re-opens April

Prestongrange Museum, Morrisons Haven, Prestonpans EH32 9RX
01316532904
prestongrange@eastlothian.gov.uk
Wednesday - Sunday 11am-4:30pm




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