The Scottish Shale Oil Industry and Mineral Railway
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this book has just arrived and is the most comprehensive written in recent
years on this important Scottish Industry. The spoil heaps or Bings that
are left are now scheduled and stand as permanent monuments to this great
industry and now form part of the Lothian landscape these were visited as
on of the highlights of the Scottish NAMHO conference.
Harry Knox, HB, 232 pp, 215mm x 275mm, gloss art paper. Printed board
covers. £25.00 + P&P
The Scottish Shale Oil Industry was to prove a world first, where mineral
oils were produced for the first time,from the oil bearing shale lying
below the county of West Lothian, and in an operation on an industrial
scale. This enterprise, from the early beginnings in 1851, expanded into an
extensive oil producing and refining industry which competed successfully
against the increasing tide of imported petroleum and continued in
operation until 1962. The history is stunning, involving tales of
enterprise, invention, triumph and even failure, but all resulting in
innovative progress and a core of Scottish know-how which was to contribute
significantly towards the development of the modern oil industry,
worldwide. It remains today a source of great pride with an ongoing legacy.
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