Devon Colliery



Dates

  /  /1700Devon Colliery
Opened before the iron works, originally called the Sauchie Colliery.
  /  /1827Devon Colliery
Underground fire starts
  /  /1850Devon Colliery
Opened by the Alloa Coal Company
  /05/1851Devon Colliery
Underground fire put out
  /  /1854Devon Colliery
Closed due to flooding
  /  /1864Devon Colliery
Cornish beam engine, supplied by Neilsons and Co, Glasgow, installed but not used.
  /  /1879Devon Colliery
Re-opened by the Alloa Coal Company, the pit called Furnacebank. The beam engine was brought into use. There was a pit at Crophill (by Sauchie Tower and to the west of Furnacebank) linked to Furnacebank by rail.
  /03/1897Devon Colliery
Six men killed when flood dam in mine collapses.
04/07/1923Devon Colliery
No 3 pit sunk
  /  /1928Devon Colliery
Electric battery locomotives used underground
  /  /1930Devon Colliery
Brickworks setup by No 3 pit
  /  /1931Devon Colliery
Baths opened
  /  /1932Devon Colliery
Beam engine replaced by electric pumps
  /12/1938Alloa Coal Company
Central generating plant and new washery opened at Devon Colliery
  /  /1942Devon Colliery
Canteen opened
  /03/1943Devon Colliery
Briquetting plant opened by No 3 pit
  /  /1959Devon Colliery
No 3 pit closed
23/06/1959Devon Colliery
Men stay in the pit to protest against the planned pit closure
  /10/1959Devon Colliery
Partly closed
  /  /1960Devon Colliery
Closed
  /03/1960Devon Colliery
Closed