RAILSCOT | Dumbreck Colliery

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Dumbreck Colliery

Served by the Bairds of Gartshore's Railway.

Nearby stations Twechar Kilsyth (Old) Kilsyth (New) Colzium Croy Dullator Milton of Campsie Kirkintilloch [2nd] Back O Loch Halt Kirkintilloch Basin Woodley Kirkintilloch [1st] Bridgend [M and K] Greenfaulds Cumbernauld	Dumbreck Coke Ovens Coal Pit Kilsyth Shed Kilsyth Junction Haugh Coke Works Haugh Colliery No 1 Auchinvole Sand Quarry Twechar Colliery Pit No 1 Strone Coke Kilns Kilsyth Gas Works Twechar Colliery Pit No 2 Gartshore Colliery Pit No 10 Coke Works and Chemical Works Tourist/other Twechar Colliery Pit No1 Signal Box Bar Hill Fort
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /1885	William Baird & Co Sinking of Dumbreck Colliery started.
/ /1887	William Baird & Co Dumbreck Colliery coal production commences.
/ /1890	William Baird & Co Dumbreck Colliery pit no 3 sunk.
/ /1938	William Baird & Co Dumbreck Colliery coke ovens upgraded. Dumbreck Coke Ovens.
30/01/1938	William Baird & Co Nine men killed by smoke and fumes at Dumbreck Colliery.
/ /1950	National Coal Board Medical centre and canteen opened at Dumbreck Colliery.
/ /1951	National Coal Board Equipment to recover unusable slurry installed at Dumbreck Colliery.
/01/1967	National 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.