Barony 'A' Frame near Auchinleck in Ayrshire, Scotland. The former coal mining site is now a monument to the coal industry.
The vast steel structure, which stood at a shaft of the Barony colliery, has been restored by the Barony 'A' Frame Trust. The Trust has raised more than £1million to restore and preserve the structure, seen by many as a symbol of Scottish coal mining at its peak. The four men who died on November 8, 1962 were Henry Green, John McNeil, Thomas Fyvie and George Wade. They were drilling their way through fallen material when a barrier gave way and debris fell into the shaft trapping them. Their bodies were never recovered. The colliery, which employed 1,200 at its peak, was closed in 1989 after 82 years in operation. The funding for the project was secured from a range of organisations including Historic Scotland and the Heritage Lottery Fund, which gave more than £800,000 for the restoration.
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