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