Nitshill Oil Works

Alternative names:

Nitshill Paraffin Oil Works

Former parish and county:

Parish of Abbey, Renfrewshire

Local authority:

Glasgow city

Ownership:

Nitshill & Lesmahagow Coal Co.

Opened:

Presumably erected c. 1869

Closed:

Presumably dismantled c. 1873

Current status of site:

Presumed site now occupied by a retail park and industrial units

Not listed in Redwood. Apparently a short-lived and very small-scale operation using local cannel coal.

Not associated with the famous Nitshill Chemical Works that produced copperas (iron sulphate).

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Particulars of which will be given by applying to the Nitshill Coal Company, Nitshill, by Hurlet.

Glasgow Herald, 7th April 1866