Dumbreck Colliery



Dates

  /  /1885Dumbreck Colliery
Sinking started by William Baird and Company.
  /  /1887Dumbreck Colliery
Coal production commences
  /  /1890Dumbreck Colliery
Third pit sunk
  /  /1932Plean Colliery
Opened by the Plean Colliery Company to produce coking coal for, originally, its own coke ovens and, later, National Coal Board ovens at Dumbreck Colliery, Kilsyth. (Possibly Haugh Coke Works?)
  /  /1938Dumbreck Colliery
Coke ovens upgraded
30/01/1938Dumbreck Colliery
Nine men killed by smoke and fumes
  /  /1950Dumbreck Colliery
Medical centre and canteen opened
  /  /1951Dumbreck Colliery
Equipment to recover unusable slurry installed
  /01/1967Dumbreck Colliery
Pit and coke ovens (which need ammonia) closed when the Mossend ICI Ammonia Plant closed.