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Anorak wrote: ........................
Strange that there is no mention of this industry and the surviving associated plant at the online databases of any of the bodies you would expect to have an interest, such as the West of Scotland Archaeology Service , Historic Scotland, RCAHMS or Glasgow City Council ?
cell wrote:Great find and a great bit of digging to get the info! You should bring it to the attention of this site
http://www.scottishshale.co.uk/index.html
as they don’t seem to have any record of this and I’m sure they would be very intrested in the remains of the retort, there can’t be many of these left.
Anorak wrote:cell wrote:Great find and a great bit of digging to get the info! You should bring it to the attention of this site
http://www.scottishshale.co.uk/index.html
as they don’t seem to have any record of this and I’m sure they would be very intrested in the remains of the retort, there can’t be many of these left.
I wouldn't be surprised if it is the only vertical shale oil retort still in existence...
cell wrote:If you could post an exact location I would like to visit myself
Dr Chesters wrote: appears to be an isolated pillar rather than a more substantial bench of retorts, as might be expected
Dr Chesters wrote: love the idea of discovering an unknown oil retort in a leafy part of Glasgow, but I'm afraid that I see no evidence that the structure has any association with oil production. Sorry.
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