Photo - Deans Crude Oil Works
code: LVSAV1998.038.027
Description
Black and white photograph of the general view of Deans Crude Oil Works c. 1920 showing Pumpherston type retorts, ammonium Sulphate plant and wooden cooling tower for naphtha or ammonia absorption, with Deans bing and the haulage for spent shale in the background.
1 of 31 assorted black and white photographs of Deans, Pumpherston, Burngrange, Grangemouth and Westwood, many of which have the great grandfather of the donor, John Stein, as the subject
The donor, Jean Shirlaw's, great grandfather was John Stein who spent his working life in the shale oil industry: 1910-1915 Apprentice / Assistant Mine Surveyor with Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (Western District Mines) 1915-1920 Chief Surveyor / Mine Surveyor with Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd (Western District Mines) 1920-1937 Assistant Mining Agent with Scottish Oils Ltd (Western District Mines) 1937-1954 Mining Agent (Western District Mines based at Westwood) with Scottish Oils Ltd 1954-1957 General Mining Manager (based at Middleton Hall) with Scottish Oils Ltd