Halbeath is a village northeast of
Dunfermline,
Fife
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, Scotland. It derives its name from the
Gaelic ''choil beath'', which means "wood of birches", and began as a colliery village. In the summer of 1789, a coal pit was sunk at Halbeath, two and a half miles northeast of Dunfermline, and by 1821, 841 people were reported to be living in the village.
Education
A school was built in Halbeath in 1875 under the School Board of the Parish of Dunfermline but was closed in 1966. A new primary school, Carnegie Primary, opened in Halbeath in August 2011. It was previously a virtual school which shared its campus with
Inverkeithing Primary School.
Lauder Technical College was founded by
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in ...
's uncle,
George Lauder, Sr., father of
George Lauder, Andrew's cousin and business partner, in 1899.
The original campus was situated in the centre of Dunfermline before moving to Halbeath in 1970. The name was changed to
Carnegie College in 2007.
Carnegie College came together with
Adam Smith College
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On 1 August 2013 Adam Smith College and Carnegie College came together to form Fife College, creating a new college ...
in August 2013 to form
Fife College. There is also a
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nursery on the Carnegie College campus.
Transport
The
A92 road was extended in 1997, linking the roundabout at Carnegie College to the
M90 motorway. This removed 22,000 vehicles a day from Main Street and Sandybank, the two busiest streets in Halbeath and greatly reduced congestion in the village.
Construction of the Halbeath Park & Ride started in