Museum Collection (Numerical list)
LVSAV1990.011: Melting Point Tester
Copper vessel by Gallencamp, used for determination of wax melting points, c. 1955, from Pumpherston Refinery Laboratory.LVSAV1990.012: Wax Tray
Galvanised trays used for casting wax slabs prior to penetration testing from Pumpherston Oil Refinery, c. 1955.LVSAV1990.013: Paraffin Coke
Lump of paraffin coke from oil distillation, from Pumpherston Oil Refinery; used as a doorstop.LVSAV1990.015: Notice - "Craig's Enamelled Colliery Notice"
"Craig's enamelled colliery notice" "Restoration of persons suffering from electric shock" Coatbridge from the former site of Young's Inchcross Works, Bathgate, dated 1915.LVSAV1990.017: Engraving - Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd.
Framed coloured engraving showing panoramic view of Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd, Addiewell Works at its peak with mines, retorts, stills, workshops and numerous smoking chimneys, c. 1880.LVSAV1990.018: Oil Lamp
Hanging oil, paraffin, lamp by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd.LVSAV1990.019: Letter - Reference For Joseph Young
Character reference for Joseph Young, storekeeper, labourer, assistant boiler fireman, from Pumpherston Oil Co. Tarbrax Works, dated 19/11/1926,LVSAV1990.021: Candle Moulding Frame
Candle making frame reputedly made/assembled by Prices' Patent Candles Ltd c. 1920, machine No.12/329.LVSAV1990.022: Wax Bucket
Wide-spouted tinplate wax bucket for transferring molten wax between the melting vat and candle moulding frame, c. 1920.LVSAV1990.024: Flashpoint Testing Apparatus
Apparatus for testing the flashpoint of oils, by Standard Engineering Co. Ltd, England, c. 1950.LVSAV1990.026: Notice - "Electricity in Mines Rule"
Mine notice's: 2 enamelled signs by Craig & Sons, Coatbridge from the electrical room of Breich No.1 & 2 shale mines. 001 Electricity in Mines Rule 4(i), 002 Electricity in mines rule 4(ii), c. 1920.LVSAV1990.027: Candle's - Young's Christmas Tree Tapers
Illustrated cardboard box containing 12 Young's Christmas Tree tapers candles, c. 1920. The ornate lid shows children dressing a Christmas tree and labels on the side of the box state "Young's Christmas tree tapers, I/2lb. 36S".LVSAV1990.028: Oil Lamp
Utilitarian simple bracket oil paraffin lamp by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd minus chimney and reflector, c. 1920.LVSAV1990.029: Oil Lamp Globe
White glass globe for oil, paraffin lamp with engraved transfer decoration "Young's Paraffin Oil Co. West Calder, Scotland", "Young's Paraffin lamps, Clissold Works, Birmingham", c. 1900.LVSAV1990.030: Accident books - Westwood pit 1951-61
24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, numbers 1-24, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 1 - Westwood pit 1951
The first of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 2 - Westwood pit 1951-52
The second of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 3 - Westwood pit 1952
The third of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 4 - Westwood pit 1952
The fourth of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 5 - Westwood pit 1952
The fifth of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 6 - Westwood pit 1952-53
The sixth of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 7 - Westwood pit 1953
The seventh of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 8 - Westwood pit 1953
The eighth of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 9 - Westwood pit 1953
The ninth of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 10 - Westwood pit 1953-54
The tenth of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 11 - Westwood pit 1954
The eleventh of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 12 - Westwood pit 1954
The 12th of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 13 - Westwood pit 1954-55
The thirteenth of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 14 - Westwood pit 1955
The fourteenth of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 15 - Westwood pit 1955
The fifteenth of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 16 - Westwood pit 1955-56
The sixteenth of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 17 - Westwood pit 1956-58
The seventeenth of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 18 - Westwood pit 1958
The 18th of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 19 - Westwood pit 1958-59
The 19th of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 20 - Westwood pit 1959
The 20th of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 21 - Westwood pit 1959-60
The 21st of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 22 - Westwood pit 1960
The 22nd of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 23 - Westwood pit 1960-61
The 23rd of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.030: Accident book 24 - Westwood pit 1961
The last of 24 accident books relating to Westwood pit, oil shale mine, dated 1951 through to 1961, Oakbank Oil Company Ltd (1951-1959) and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (1959-1961)LVSAV1990.031: Candle - Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd
Box of four ornate candles produced by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd Addiewell Works.LVSAV1990.032: Oil Barrel
40-gallon steel shale oil barrel marked "The Scottish Oil Agency No.20986" brass plaque "Young's Oil Co. Glasgow" from elsewhere affixed.LVSAV1990.033: Oil Barrel
40-gallon steel shale oil barrel marked "The Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd Uphall N.B. Rly No. 4172" c. 1910-1940.LVSAV1990.036: Booklet - "Extension of Young's Paraffine Patent by the Government of the United States"
Bound booklet recording the USA court ruling to extend James Young's patent in America from 1864 to 1871.LVSAV1990.046: Personnel list, Westwood Pit
Westwood pit personnel list c. 1961, with 341 names and numbers plus 8 deputies.LVSAV1990.075: Glass Plate Negative - Technical Drawing of Retort
Glass plate negative of a technical drawing of transverse section and front elevation of retorts erected by the Midlothian Oil Company in 1872.LVSAV1990.076: Glass Plate Negative - Roman Camp Oil Works
Glass plate negative of Roman Camp Oil Works under construction: showing the mineral railway, main chimney and workers housing already complete and work in progress on a bank of Henderson patent retorts, 1892.LVSAV1990.077: Glass Plate Negative - Henderson's Patent Retort
Glass plate negative of technical drawing of Henderson's Patent Retort No. 6726, 1889, Drawing No 2.LVSAV1990.078: Glass Plate Negative - Addiewell Works
Glass plate negative of Addiewell Works, West Calder, Scotland, Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd.LVSAV1990.079: Glass Plate Negative - Young & Beilby's Retort
Glass plate negative of a technical drawing of Young & Beilby's retort for the distillation of oil shale erected at Pumpherston Works, Mid Calder, March 1884.LVSAV1990.080: Glass Plate Negative - Sections of Retort Bench
Glass plate negative of technical drawings of a retort bench, scale 3/8" to 1 foot.LVSAV1990.081: Glass Plate Negative - Drawing by A.F. Craig & Co. Ltd
glass plate negative of technical drawing by A.F. Craig & Co. Ltd. Arrangement of setting for retort bench, scale 3/8" to 1 foot, 23rd December 1903, drawing No. B227, also numbered 11655.LVSAV1990.082: Glass Plate Negative - Young & Fyfe Type Retort
Glass plate negative of technical drawing of proposed new retort, Young & Fyfe type, scale 1/2" = 1 foot, c. 1905.