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Devon Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Devon Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Fishcross; Devon 1 And 2; Sauchie
Canmore ID 130814
Site Number NS89NE 40.01
NGR NS 8975 9587
NGR Description Centred NS 8975 9587
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/130814
- Council Clackmannan
- Parish Alloa
- Former Region Central
- Former District Clackmannan
- Former County Clackmannanshire
NS89NE 40.01 centred 8975 9587
DEVON Colliery (1 and 2)
Location: Sauchie, by Alloa
Previous Owners: Alloa Coal Company
Types of Coal: House and Steam, and originally some ironstone
Sinking/Production Commenced: Earlier 18th century mine closed 1854, but mine subsequently re-established and in production by 1879.
Year Closed: 1960
Year Abandoned: 1963
Average Workforce: 615
Peak Workforce: 813
Peak Year: 1954
Shaft/Mine Details: The deepest mine in Clackmannanshire. 2 shafts, 190m and 185m deep. No. 1 NS 8975 9587; No. 2 NS 8977 9584. Wet nature of pit required powerful pump, leading to construction of the still-surviving beam-engine house in 1864 by Neilson & Company of Glasgow. It was superseded by electric pumping in 1932.
Details in 1948: Output 950 tons per day, 237,500 tons per annum. 488 employees. Baum-type washer. Baths (1931), canteen (1942), medical centre. AC electricity mostly own-generated, but partly bought from Scottish Central Supply Company for two weeks at holidays. Report dated 25-08-1948.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
