Английская Википедия:Greengairs
Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox UK place Greengairs is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.[1] Greengairs is shown on a map by Roy c.1754 under the name of Green Geirs.[2] In toponymy the name means "green strips of grass".[3] Lying Шаблон:Convert southeast of Cumbernauld and Шаблон:Convert north east of Airdrie, the village consists mainly of local authority housing. Between them Greengairs and Wattston have about 1,190 residents.[4]
It developed in the nineteenth century due to increased coal mining and quarrying. Ironstone was first mined by the Summerlee Iron Company in the 1840s.[5] It was in the parish of New Monkland or East Monkland. It also historically had its own school; the teachers had a house but no salary.[6] The village was badly affected by the Stanrigg Mining Disaster[7] where, in July 1918, a collapse led to the deaths of 19 miners, 6 of whom came from Greengairs.[8]
Greengairs power station opened in 1996, and is powered by methane produced by biodegrading materials from a large landfill site developed since 1990 in former open cast workings situated to the south of the village.[9] Greengairs is the largest landfill site in Scotland, handling waste from Glasgow and Edinburgh.[10] Greengairs has 6000m of pipes with biogas fed by 90 gas wells.[11]
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