Archaeology Notes
Event ID 709302
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NS99NE 31 centred 9709 9797
DOLLAR Colliery
Note: Although the surface arrangement is itself a few hundred metres inside Perthshire, the underground workings extend under Clackmannanshire.
Location: Dollar
Previous Owners: Alloa Coal Company
Types of Coal: Steam and House, latterly Upper Hirst
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1943
Year Closed: 1973
Year Abandoned: no data
Average Workforce: 135
Peak Workforce: 454
Peak Year: 1963
Shaft/Mine Details: 3 surface mines, gradient 1 in 9. Mines No. 1 and 3 at NS 9706 9979, and Mine No. 2 at NS 9703 9803.
Details in 1948: Output 180 tons per day, 45,000 tons per year. 89 employees. Dross sent to Devon colliery (NS89NE 40.01) for washing. No baths or canteen. First-aid room. AC electricity provided by Devon Colliery. Report dated 25-08-1948.
Other Details: Mines 4 and 5 were driven by the National Coal Board (NCB) from 1956, entering production in 1960. A highly productive pit, it was never connected underground to the Longannet complex, but did supply Kincardine Power Station (NS98NW 61.00).
M K Oglethorpe 2006.