Hi all, This query was addressed to me, but hopefully some of you list subscribers might be able to help? "Hello again Listers: I know that my g. grandfather William Turner ARNOTT was killed 29 June 1900 whilst trying to put a railway engine back on the tracks at Stanhope Bridge, near Broughton during the construction of the TALLA WATER WORKS - the engine rolled over and crushed him to death. At the time he worked for a Mr. John BEST, a general contractor from Edinburgh who took over the construction work of the Talla Reservoir on 27 January 1900. What I am trying to find out is where and when William Turner ARNOTT worked prior to 1900. In 1888, he worked as a coalminer (recorded on his marriage certificate to Alison SOMMERVILLE). Further anecdotal information received today, indicates that he was present when �they sank the Polton and Rosewell pits.� On the 1888 marriage certificate, William�s father, James Turner ARNOTT is listed as an �engine keeper�. If William worked with his father, this might explain the anecdotal information of his �being there� when they sank the aforementioned pits -- working the engines used to drive down the shafts. My question to these lists is: 1) where can I obtain records of the history of the above-mentioned coal pits to pin-point when they were sank. Thanks Jim Arnott Victoria, BC, Canada email: [email protected] " -- www.tasmail.com