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British Asphalte Oil Works

Former parish and county:
Parish of Barony, Lanarkshire
Local authority:
Glasgow city
Ownership:
The British Asphalte Company
Opened:
Erected pre 1865
Closed:
Dismantled c.1871?
Current status of site:
Derelict ground
Regional overview:
Oil Works in Glasgow

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Not listed by Redwood.

The British Asphalte Company were listed under "Paraffin Oil Manufacturers" at 92, Stirling Street, Port Dundas in each addition of the annual Glasgow Post Office Directory between 1868-9 and 1870-1. An account of a fire at the works in 1865 (see snippet, below) suggests that, in addition to manufacturing asphalte and distilling tar, the company also refined shale oil at that time.

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  • Detailed maps
      • British Asphalte Oil Works - 25" OS map c.1860, courtesy National Library of Scotland
      British Asphalte Oil Works - 25" OS map c.1860, courtesy National Library of Scotland British Asphalte Oil Works - 25" OS map c.1894, courtesy National Library of Scotland British Asphalte Oil Works - 1:2,500 OS map c.1950, courtesy National Library of Scotland British Asphalte Oil Works - Aerial, courtesy National Library of Scotland
  • Newspaper references

      • ALARMING FIRE NEAR PORT-DUNDAS – MAN BURNED TO DEATH.

      Yesterday afternoon, about half-past one o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in the premises of the British Asphalte Company, asphalte manufacturers and distillers of tars, mineral oils, &c., situated at 92 Stirling Street Port-Dundas. The fire was occasioned by the bursting of a still containing shale oil, situated to the north of the works, and immediately thereafter the oil, which flowed into the furnace, blazed with great fury. To the south of the works is situated the extensive soap manufactory of Messrs James Parker & Co.

      Glasgow Herald, 30th November 1865

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