Editing Alloa (section)

===19th century===
In 1813 the first steamboat started to operate out of Alloa harbour. Rival companies later united into the "Stirling, Alloa and Kincardine Steamboat Company". In 1822 water was brought into the town and in 1828 a gas works was built.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Barbieri|first1=M.|title=A Descriptive and Historical Gazetteer of the Counties of Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan|date=1857|publisher=Maclachlan & Stewart|location=Edinburgh|pages=74–75|url=https://archive.org/stream/adescriptiveand00barbgoog#page/n77/mode/2up|access-date=4 July 2017}}</ref> While building a road to Alloa Academy in 1828, an ancient burial site was found at Mars Hill, with several finds<ref name=Canmore>{{Canmore |num=47240 |desc=Alloa, Mars Hill|access-date=2 April 2009}}</ref> including two gold armlets.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Anderson|first1=Joseph|title=Scotland in pagan times|date=1883|publisher=D. Douglas|location=Edinburgh|pages=62–64|url=https://archive.org/stream/scotlandinpagant02andeuoft#page/62/mode/2up|access-date=31 October 2017}}</ref> [[Alloa Academy]] was built in 1824, being paid for by subscription.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=Samuel|title=A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities|date=1851|publisher=S. Lewis and co.|location=London|pages=38–40|url=https://archive.org/stream/topographicaldic01lewi#page/40/mode/2up|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref> The [[Alloa Swing Bridge]] was opened to the public on 1 October 1885.

The population was 5,434 in the 1841 census.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Vol I, A-Arc |date=1848 |publisher=Charles Knight |location=London |page=618 |edition=First}}</ref>