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Dryflat Oil Works

Former parish and county:
Parish of New Monkland, Lanarkshire
Local authority:
North Lanarkshire
Ownership:
John Robertson Junior & Co.
Opened:
Probably built c.1866
Closed:
Probably demolished after 1873
Current status of site:
Agriculture, rough ground
Regional overview:
Oil works in North Lanarkshire

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Redwood notes that the works were operated by J. Robertson Jun. & Co. between 1866 and 1871.

The precise location of these works is not known, but seem likely to have been sited in the vicinity of Dryflat farm, near Glenmavis.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1897.

  • Rateable value by year
      • Date Rateable Value Owner Occupier Notes
      1866 £120 John Robertson John Robertson
      1867 £80 John Robertson John Robertson And minerals
      1868 £80 John Robertson John Robertson Not Working
      1869 £80 John Robertson Junior John Robertson Junior
      1870 £50 John Robertson Junior & Company John Robertson Junior & Company
      1871 £80 John Robertson Junior & Company John Robertson Junior & Company Standing
      1872 £80 Pettygrew & Spencer Pettygrew & Spencer Standing
      1873 £80 Pettygrew & Spencer Pettygrew & Spencer Standing
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