Plean Colliery No 5
Location type
MineName and dates
Plean Colliery No 5 (1932-1962)Served by the Plean Colliery Branch (Scottish Central Railway).
Description
This shaft opened south east of [Plean Colliery No 4]] to work coal which had been reached underground from that site but which was become rather far from the pit head. It was connected by a surface tramway to no 4.
Closure was in 1962. Some surface buildings remain.
Tags
Mine Colliery10/07/2021
| Nearby stations Alloa Junction Plean Airth Larbert Denny Bannockburn Throsk Bonnybridge Central Camelon Falkirk Camelon [1st] Bonnybridge Canal Goods South Alloa Bonnybridge Camelon [1st] Alloa Ferry | Plean Colliery No 4 Plean Quarry Junction Plean Quarry Blackcraig Quarry Plean West Pit Junction East Plean Colliery Pleanmill Quarry Gartwhinnie Quarry Plean Junction Dunmore Colliery Siding Airth Colliery Norbord Factory Larbert Clay Works Dunmore Colliery Tourist/other Plean House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1932 | Plean Colliery Company Plean Colliery No 5 opened to produce coking coal. Originally it had its own coke ovens and, later, under National Coal Board used the Dumbreck Coke Ovens, Kilsyth. |
