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Manuscripts MS 500/57/2 Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco 1 sheet - map extract with general notes (site not visited by SIAS) 2 sheets - site sketches: pan mill details and layout, 9.6.1984, part of Scottish Industrial Heritage Society survey 1 sheet - notes from secondary sources, with correction after 1984 visit 1 letter - SIAS officer to Jack Sanderson, Falkirk Museum re dating of the mine (12.6.1984) 1 memo - invitation to members of the Scottish Industrial Heritage Society to survey the mine, shortly to be restored (9.6.1984) 1 sheet - press cutting: Linlithgowshire Journal & Gazette (28.1.1988), 'Why mine was important' (importance of fireclay to industry, talk given by G. Douglas of SIAS) 1 sheet - press cutting: The Scotsman, 25.4.1983, 'Pit visit may be end of the line for tourists' 2 sheets - copies of reports/analyses of fireclay samples taken from Birkhall Mine, and Glenboig works, 1968 and 1955 respectively 1 leaflet - advertising Bo'ness Heritage Trust, with photo of Birkhill clay mine 1 newsletter - 'Bo'news', May (1988?), article: "A Better future from our Industrial past?" 1 sheet - copy of 'Bo'ness Heritage Area' newsletter re the Birkhill project: '11 million ton of heritage' 14 sheets - Fire Certificate, July 1979 2 labels (for delivering fireclay) from the works 1 plan - plan of 'Birch-hill' mine, showing 'Workings in Glenboig Lower Fireclay Seam' 20 views, Falkirk Museum contact prints (not dated) c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26574 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco General view with mine manager's cottage in foreground. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26575 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View at pit-head. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26576 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of site of railway weigh bridge. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26577 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of site of railway siding. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26578 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View in miners' 'bothy' at pit-head. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26579 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of bridge over River Avon and mine entrance. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26580 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View in mine looking back towards entrance. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26581 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of underground haulage. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26582 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco Interior. View of mine. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26583 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco Interior. View of mine. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26584 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of haulage way to pit-head. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26585 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of pit-head. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26586 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco Detail showing counter-weight system to keep tension on continuous haulage. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26587 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of 'Hutch' showing method of clamping hutch to haulage. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26588 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of 'Hutch' showing method of clamping hutch to haulage. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26589 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of scales for weighing hutch. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26590 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of crusher for crushing bricks. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26591 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of pit-head, with mechanism for tipping clay from hutches into crusher. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26592 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of hutch above crusher. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26593 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco View of pan mill. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts B 26594 PO Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco Detail of pan mill: mesh through which clay passes. c. 1980 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 7434 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu Material relating to Birkhill Fireclay Mine and transcript of commentary by Ross Letham, 2011 2011 Item Level