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Oakbank Oil Works

Alternative names:
Oakbank Paraffin Works
Parish:
Kirknewton, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Opened:
First buildings c.1863
Closed:
Works demolished c.1932
Current status of site:
Waste ground; being redeveloped as an industrial estate

Redwood noted:

"In 1860 Sir James Simpson started a work a Oakbank, Mid Calder, Midlothian, and after receiving fairly good returns on his investment for three years, he formed a private company which was very successful, and led to the oil work and mineral fields finally becoming the property of a limited liability company which was floated in 1869".

This is not wholly accurate. In 1864 Hare, Simpson & McKinlay, presumed partners in the Oakbank Oil Co. formed a limited company, the Midcalder Mineral Oil Co. Ltd. to take forward operations at Oakbank. This proved shortlived and in 1869 the Oakbank Oil Co. Ltd (1869), a new limited company with a new board of directors, was formed to take forward the business.

Redwood continued:

"The Oakbank company was very successful at the start, but the constantly decreasing prices for finished products, and the adoption of a bad form of retort, brought it to the verge of bankruptcy in 1886, and necessitated its reorganisation. The extension of the works and general reorganisation were completed in May 1887, after which an expenditure of £30,236, and the company was then placed on a more equal footing with its competitors."

Oakbank Paraffin Oil Works, (as it was originally known), was one of the earliest shale oil works. A newspaper account of 1865 mentions "a curious old retort in the glen, which was one of the first that was used in Scotland for the manufacture of crude oil from shale" This was separate from the the oilworks then in production. The works were initially served by small-scale shale workings in Calder Wood, then, from c.1868, by Oakbank No.1 & 2 pits, lying a mile north of the works and linked by the company's mineral railway. Oakbank No.1 and 2 pits remained the major source of shale for the works throughout the 19th century, but as the isolated Oakbank shale-field became exhausted the company had to look elsewhere for supplies. Newfarm No.3 &.4 mines, lying almost a mile to the west of Oakbank supplied shale between, c.1909 and c.1919, linked by a spectacular aerial ropeway. Shale was probably also transported from Westwood pit. The Oakbank Oil Company also established Niddry Castle Oil Works in about 1902, producing crude oil that was sent to Oakbank for refining. The workforce was accommodated in company housing in Oakbank village.

The works were demolished c.1932.

  • Rateable value by year
    • Date Rateable Value Owner Occupier Notes
      1863 £200 Stuart Bailey Hare of Calderhall Hare Simpson & McKinlay Minerals
      1864 £150 Stuart Bailey Hare of Calderhall Hare Simpson & McKinlay Buildings at Paraffin Works
      £200 Stuart Bailey Hare of Calderhall Hare Simpson & McKinlay Minerals at Drumcrosshall
      1865 £163.16/- Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Shale Works at Mid Calder
      £417 Stuart Bailey Hare Mid Calder Mineral Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Combfoot
      £300 Lord Torphichen William McKinlay (Minerals listed in Parish of Mid Calder)
      1866 £230.5/- Mid Calder Mineral Oil Company Ltd Mid Calder Mineral Oil Company Ltd Chemical Works
      £300 Lord Torphichen William McKinlay Minerals at Combfoot
      1867 £405 Mid Calder Mineral Oil Company Ltd Mid Calder Mineral Oil Company Ltd Shale Oil Works
      £796 Lord Torphichen William McKinlay Minerals
      £150 Lord Torphichen William McKinlay Minerals at Mid Calder
      1868 £200 Mid Calder Mineral Oil Company Ltd Mid Calder Mineral Oil Company Ltd Works unlet
      £300 Lord Torphichen William McKinlay Minerals at Combfoot
      -- Not listed Not listed Not listed
      1869 £300 Mid Calder Mineral Oil Company Ltd Mid Calder Mineral Oil Company Ltd Works
      £300 Stuart B Hare Robert Fraser Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Robert Fraser Minerals at Calder
      1870 £895 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1156.7.5 Stuart B Hare Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1871 £895 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1518.3.3 Stuart B Hare Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1872 £992 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £723.17.6 Stuart B Hare Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1873 £1283 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £546 Stuart B Hare Minerals
      £500 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1874 £1383 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1417 Stuart B Hare Minerals
      £500 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1875 £1200 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1844 Stuart B Hare Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1876 £1512 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1213 Stuart B Hare Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1877 £1722 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1203.15.6 Stuart B Hare Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1878 £1722 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1181.18.7 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1879 £1722 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £831.19.11 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1880 £1722 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £802.0.3 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1881 £1940 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £726.19.2 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1882 £2361 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £885.9.6 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £701.14.8 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1883 £2361 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1169.18.4 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £556.15.5 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1884 £2383 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1352.1.10 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1885 £2802 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1334.16.6 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £329.12.1 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1886 £2500 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1136.0.10 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £424.14.7 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1887 £3980 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £836.7/- Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £642.12.9 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1888 £3693 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1631.2.1 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £630.18.10 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1889 £3032 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1817.14.3 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £739.7.4 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1890 £3298 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1528.2.7 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals
      £769.10.5 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1891 £3422 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £2202.8.10 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £432.4.4 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1892 £3403 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £2168.12.10 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £494.4/- Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £100 Peter McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Shale field South of Almond
      1893 £3180 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £2033.9/- Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £100 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £400 Peter McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Shale field South of Almond
      1894 £2587 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1965.0.7 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £232.10.6 Peter McLagan (sequestered Estate) Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £400 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Shale field South of Almond
      1895 £3748 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1493.15.5 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £217.17.10 Peter McLagan (sequestered Estate) Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £400 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Shale field South of Almond
      1896 £3748 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1570.10.3 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £430.10.10 Peter McLagan (sequestered Estate) Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £400 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Shale field South of Almond
      1897 £3317 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1663.11.1 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £474.14.4 Peter McLagan (sequestered Estate) Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £426.6.8 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Shale field South of Almond
      1898 £3812 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1590.13.9 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £424.2.5 Peter McLagan (sequestered Estate) Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £489.8.11 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Shale field South of Almond
      1899 £3812 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1957.4.4 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £233.18.7 Peter McLagan (sequestered Estate) Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1900 £3812 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1957.4.4 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £100 Charles Gibson McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      £677.19.6 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1901 £7900 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £2011.19.3 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £100 Charles Gibson McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      £677.19.6 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1902 £5445 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1821.7.8 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £100 Charles Gibson McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      £592.11.4 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1903 £7000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1956.10.7 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £100 Charles Gibson McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      £495.9.6 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1904 £7000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1742.18.4 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £188.5.8 Charles Gibson McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      £482.5.11 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1905 £7000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1325.9.8 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £407.7.9 Charles Gibson McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      £767.16.9 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1906 £7000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £944.4.8 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £288.14.8 Charles Gibson McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      £1184.16.2 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1907 £7000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1342.17.7 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £150.19.8 Charles Gibson McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      £1054.5.9 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1908 £7000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1342.17.7 Lt Col James Hare of Calderhall Minerals
      £150 Charles Gibson McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      £807.5.1 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1909 £6000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £150 Charles McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Shalefield south of Almond
      -- No entry for Calder and Calderhall Minerals
      1910 £6000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £75 Charles Mclagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Shalefield south of Almond
      £300 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1911 £6500 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works (No minerals listed at Kirknewton Parish)
      £650 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £26.2/- Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Land for pits etc
      1912 £6500 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £2800 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £26.2/- Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Land for pits etc
      1913 £6500 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £2326.13.10 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £26.2/- Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Land for pits etc
      1914 £6500 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1842.5.11 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £26.2/- Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Land for pits etc
      1915 £6300 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1579.11.5 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £26.2/- Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Land for pits etc
      1916 £6000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1224.6.4 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £26.2/- Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Land for pits etc
      1917 £6000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £1172.8.1 Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £26.2/- Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Land for pits etc
      1918 £6000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      £913.13/- Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      £26.2/- Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Land for pits etc
      1919 £6000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      -- Charles McLagan Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      £26.2/- Lord Torphichen Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Minerals at Calder
      1920 £6000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      -- NO FURTHER ENTRIES
      £26.2/- Minerals at Calder
      1921 £6000 Works
      £26.2/- Minerals at Calder
      1922 £6000 Works
      £26.2/- Minerals at Calder
      1923 £6000 Works
      1924-31 £6000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      1932 £5000 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      1933 £250 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      1934 £200 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      1935 £150 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      1936 £100 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Works
      1937 £50 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Garage and Ground
      1938 £40 Oakbank Oil Company Ltd Oakbank Oil Company Ltd
      NO FURTHER ENTRIES
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    • EDINBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—

      On Saturday, this society had their fifth excursion for the summer session to Linhouse Burn and the district around Mid-Calder. …....The society next walked to Mid- Calder arid examined the operations at a shale pit which has recently been sunk, a short distance above the bridge, by the Mid-Calder Mineral Oil Company. This pit is 90 feet in depth, and contains four seams of shale varying from 20 inches to 7 feet in thickness. The company extract paraffin oil from this shale, and it yields from 30 to 40 gallons of crude oil per ton.

      The society then proceeded up the Linhouse Burn, and examined the wan; seamen of sandstone and shale, all of lower carboniferous age to be found in it. Mr Smyth pointed out to the society an interesting mass of intrusive rook, consisting of felspathic trap, which crosses the channel of the stream. He stated that as the water could not cut its way through the hard igneous rock so rapidly as through the soft sandstone and shale in the channel, this trapdyke, having acted as a barrier, had been the cause of the small waterfall at the place ; and, he also added, that from the foregoing cause, the height of this waterfall will always be increasing. The society then inspected a curious old retort in the glen, which was one of the first that was used in Scotland for the manufacture of crude oil from shale.

      They next examined a sandstone quarry containing good fragments of ulodcndron allaui, and they afterwards visited Oakbank Works, where the paraffin oil of the Mid-Calder Mineral Oil Company is distilled. Mr McKinlay, one of the partners of the firm, very courteously showed the members of the society the mode by which the crude oil is extracted ; and in another part of the works, he showed them the various processes by which shale spirit, burning oil, lubricating oil, and finally paraffine are obtained. He stated that from the Mid-Calder shale the company produced from 800 to 1000 gallons of crude oil per day.

      North British Agriculturist 14th June 1865

      .......

      Midcalder Oil Works & Shale

      Mr Young reported that along with Mr Moffat he had examined Mid Calder Oil Works and found there were 64 new Vertical retorts, 64 old Vertical Retorts and 21 Horizontal retorts with refining machinery to purify the crude oil made. Further that there were fully two and half million tons of shale which was easily worked probably at a cost of 6/ per ton at the retorts, but of poor quality varying from 18 to 42 gallons per ton. It was therefore resolved not to offer for the works; the greater proportion of the shale being of the lower average and a very small proportion of the higher

      Meeting of the minutes of the directors meeting of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., 25th October 1867

      .......

      TO BE SOLD. THE OAKBANK OIL WORKS, belonging to the Mid-Calder Mineral Oil Company (Limited), together with the company's interest in the lease of the adjoining Mineral Field. The works are situated in Mid-Lothian, near the Junction of the Cleland and Midcalder and Caledonian Railways, and are connected therewith by a private line. For further details apply to Messrs MACONOCHIE, DUNCAN, & HARE, W.S.,10 Hill St Edinburgh.

      Scotsman, 12th February 1868

      .......

      In the mail of the 1st inst. we announced that the Oakbank Paraffin Oil Works in the parish of Mid-Calder, were about to be again put in operation by a Glasgow firm. We now learn that the purchaser is Mr Fraser of Glasgow, the proprietor of the Drumcross Works, in the parish of Bathgate.

      North British Daily Mail, 12th February 1869

      .......

      FIRE AT OAKBANK WORKS. The Managing Director reported that a serious fire had taken place at Oakbank Works early in the morning of Thursday 19th inst [October 1916]. The paraffin Wax Cooling Houses numbering six distinct buildings, and ranging from Nos. 50 to 55 on the plan of the Works were completely gutted entailing a considerable loss to plant and stock in process. There was also a considerable quantity of Assam Crude Paraffin and same refined wax (destroyed) lying in the open adjacent to the Cooling Houses, destroyed by the fire. The Loss is covered by the Coy's. [Company's] Insurance Policies, and energetic steps have been taken to have the buildings rebuilt, and new plant installed with as little delay as possible. FIRE AT OAKBANK WORKS. The Managing Director reported that the loss in connection with the fire which destroyed the Paraffin Wax Cooling Houses at Oakbank Works on 19th Oct last [1916] had been assessed under the Coy's [Company's] policies of Insurance at £7289:14/- and that of this amount the Company bears a proportion of the loss amounting to £584:5.5.

      Oakbank Oil Company Limited, Directors' Minute Book, No.8, 1916-1919, pp26-27 and p35

      .......

      OILWORKS TO BE DISMANTLED. A BLOW TO CALDER VILLAGES.

      Any hope which may have existed in the Oakbank and Calders villages with regard to the oil works at Oakbank, recently closed, has been quenched the fact that operations for the complete dismantling of the plant commenced to-day. Since the closing of the works July last year, rumours have been circulated frequently that the works site was to be utilised for various purposes—paper mills, soap works, and chemical manufactures being mentioned in this connection - but the rumours have proved unfounded, and the villagers East and Mid-Calder, Oakbank and Kirknewton, are now faced with the prospect of evacuating their homes in search of employment, the shale industry having been the chief source of employment in the district. Meantime the operations of dismantling will provide employment for about 50 workmen for some time, but 200 men, already unemployed, will require to find work outwith the Calders district.

      Edinburgh Evening News, 10th May 1932

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