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It developed in the nineteenth century due to increased [[coal mining]] and [[quarrying]]. Ironstone was first mined by the [[Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life|Summerlee]] Iron Company in the 1840s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Airdrie Villages|url=http://www.monklands.co.uk/airdrie%20villages/|website=Monklands Memories|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Begg|first1=James|title=The new statistical account of Scotland.|date=1845|publisher=William Blackwood and Sons|location=Edinburgh and London|pages=246-247|edition=Vol 6|url=https://archive.org/stream/b21365805_0006#page/n263/mode/2up/search/greengairs|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref> The village was badly affected by the [[Stanrigg Mining Disaster]]<ref>{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch, 1892-1905|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.8885&lon=-3.9439&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordinance Survey|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref> where, in July 1918, a collapse led to the deaths of 19 local mine workers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stanrigg 9th July 1918|url=http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/45.html|website=Scottish Mining Website|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref>
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.<ref name=gaz>{{cite web|title=Greengairs|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst1448.html|work=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref> Greengairs is the largest landfill site in Scotland, handling waste from [[Glasgow]] and [[Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biomass Energy in Scotland|url=http://www.scotsrenewables.com/biomassinfo.html|website=Renewable Energy In Scotland|publisher=Scots Renewables|accessdate=8 January 2018}}</ref> Greengairs has 6000m of pipes with [[Biogas|biogas]] fed by 90 gas wells.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greengairs; Scotland|url=http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/01-02/RE_info/biomasscase.htm#Greengairs;%20Scotland|website=Biomass Case Studies|publisher=University of Strathclyde (Energy Systems Research Unit)|accessdate=8 January 2018}}</ref>
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