Description

Photograph album containing original Scottish Oils Ltd photographs including Grangemouth and Pumpherston refineries, and new houses built by Scottish Oils Ltd in the grounds of Middleton Hall during the 1920s.

The front is marked - "Scottish Oils Ltd Photographs 1924", Mr Duncan, Scottish Oils written in pencil inside front cover.

Photos include:

• Tanker (ship) at Grangemouth,
• general view of Grangemouth Refinery,
• general view of Grangemouth Refinery from loading rack,
• general view of Grangemouth Refinery,
• powerhouse and workshops at Grangemouth Refinery,
• turbine generating set in the powerhouse at Grangemouth Refinery,
• unknown equipment inside Grangemouth Refinery,
• charging end of bauxite filters at Grangemouth Refinery,
• discharge end of bauxite filters at Grangemouth Refinery,
• 10 images of visitors to Grangemouth Refinery on 11th June 1924,
• 7 images of new workers housing at an unknown location,
• 2 panoramic general views of Pumpherston Works (one consisting of 2 photographs, one consisting of 3 photographs), Pumpherston Works retorting plant,
• Pumpherston Works retorts,
• Pumpherston Works continuous stills,
• Pumpherston Works pot stills / coking stills,
• Pumpherston Works bench of crude oil stills with 5 continuous stills in centre and coking stills on both sides,
• Roman Camps Oil Works Henderson retorts with atmospheric condensers and scrubber towers,
• Deans Works charging level of retort benches,
• Deans Works Mond gas plant,
• Deans Works retorts and condensers,
• Deans works retorting plant (old side),
• Seafield Works condensers and scrubbers,
• Seafield Works retorting plant,
• 2 images of Westwood Pit surface layout (steam winding electric power underground),
• shale miner boring a shot hole,
• shale miner "holing" with a pick,
• 4 images of Breich Pit surface layout (electrically operated),
• Deans No 5 Mine surface layout (electrically operated),
• 5 images of worker's and officials houses at Middleton Hall,
• Middleton Hall (corner of) and worker's houses,
• 6 images of cracking plant in process of erection at Pumpherston Works dated 6th August 1929 (work began 31/12/1928),
• 12 images of damage caused by an explosion on the British Chemist at Grangemouth on 25th November 1929