At 15:56 28/12/01 -0000, you wrote:
>I have not come across this concern, but there was
>the Prestonpans Vitriol Company, set up in 1749 by
>John Roebuck and Samuel Garbett on land owned by
>William Cadell. They were also concerned it the setting
>up of the Carron Iron Works. There may be something
>useful to be found in The Roebuck Story by A.W.Roebuck
>(1961).
>
>Russell Wear
>
I have come accross the following document that discusses the Prestonpans
Vitriol Company and the The Burntisland Vitriol Company. It is first class.
www.prestongrange.org/booklets/!brickma.pdf
Happy new year
Graham
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