Binnend Oil Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Simpson, George
- Waddell, John
- Burntisland Oil Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Burntisland, Fife, Fife, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture
Oil products refining
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Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture
Shale processing & mining
Notes:
Traced origins to the works established by George Simpson, colliery owner, at Binnend in 1878 to mine and process shale deposits and refine oil for lubrication and paraffin products. Bought by John Waddell and others in 1881 and greatly expanded into a major plant. Sometime owned by Binnend Oil Co Ltd, later Burntisland Oil Co Ltd. By late 1880s in decline and business in liquidation in 1892. Works closed permanently 1893
Publications:
- Binnend Oilworks and the Binn Village by Stephen, Walter M
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Simpson, George
- Waddell, John
- Burntisland Oil Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Burntisland, Fife, Fife, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture Oil products refining
- Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture Shale processing & mining
Notes:
Traced origins to the works established by George Simpson, colliery owner, at Binnend in 1878 to mine and process shale deposits and refine oil for lubrication and paraffin products. Bought by John Waddell and others in 1881 and greatly expanded into a major plant. Sometime owned by Binnend Oil Co Ltd, later Burntisland Oil Co Ltd. By late 1880s in decline and business in liquidation in 1892. Works closed permanently 1893Publications:
- Binnend Oilworks and the Binn Village by Stephen, Walter M