Plean Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Plean Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Plean No. 3; Plean No.4; Plean No.5 ; East Plean
Canmore ID 132578
Site Number NS88NW 47
NGR NS 8388 8626
NGR Description Centred NS 8388 8626
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Stirling
- Parish St Ninians
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS88NW 47 centred 8388 8626
(Location cited as NS 8395 8621 - centred on Plean No.5 shaft)
PLEAN 3, 4 and 5 [also known as EAST PLEAN]
Location: Plean, Stirling
Previous Owners: Plean Colliery Company
Types of Coal: Coking, Steam and House
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1932
Year Closed: 1962
Year Abandoned: 1963
Average Workforce: 441
Peak Workforce: 528
Peak Year: 1958
Shaft/Mine Details: 3 shafts, No. 5 402m (NS 8395 8621, sunk in 1931), No. 4 165m deep (used only for ventilation and pumping, NS 8291 8705), No. 3 shaft nearby (NS 8218 8634)
Details in 1948: Output 400 tons per day, 114,406 tons per annum. 461 employees. Baum feldspar washer. Baths (1932) and canteen (at No. 5 pit). AC electricity bought from public supply, DC generated at colliery. Report dated 25-08-1948.
Other Details: An explosion in 1922 killed 12 men. Coke ovens at Plean 3.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
