Dumbreck Colliery

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Dumbreck Colliery

Served by the Bairds of Gartshore's Railway.

Chronology Dates

  /  /1885William Baird & Co
Sinking of Dumbreck Colliery started.
  /  /1887William Baird & Co
Dumbreck Colliery coal production commences.
  /  /1890William Baird & Co
Dumbreck Colliery pit no 3 sunk.
  /  /1938William Baird & Co
Dumbreck Colliery coke ovens upgraded. Dumbreck Coke Ovens.
30/01/1938William Baird & Co
Nine men killed by smoke and fumes at Dumbreck Colliery.
  /  /1950National Coal Board
Medical centre and canteen opened at Dumbreck Colliery.
  /  /1951National Coal Board
Equipment to recover unusable slurry installed at Dumbreck Colliery.
  /01/1967National Coal Board
Dumbreck Colliery and its Dumbreck Coke Ovens closed when the Mossend ICI Ammonia Plant closed (coke ovens need ammonia). Demand for coking coal had reduced with the closure of Gartsherrie Iron Works.