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Forkneuk (Oil shale) |
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Forkneuk (Oil shale)
| Location: |
Uphall
9½ miles [16 km] SSW of Dunfermline
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NT052719, 55° 55' 53" N, 3° 31' 1" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co., Ltd. |
| Output: |
1894 - Oil Shale. |
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1896 - Oil Shale. |
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1900 - Oil shale. |
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1905 - Oil shale. |
| Employment: |
1894 - 95 (82 below, 13 surface) |
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1896 - 106 (93 below, 13 surface) |
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1900 - 81 (69 below, 12 surface) |
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1905 - 89 (72 below, 17 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1905 - Upper Broxburn |
| Notes: |
Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Forkneuk (Oil shale)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Forkneuk (Oil shale)
Credits
Sources:
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- OS Grid Reference from GB1900 dataset
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