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Tarbrax, Shale-oil Works

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Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works and Viewfield Shale Pit, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing the massive bing of the shale-oil mine in the centre of the photograph, between a tramway, on the left, and the Tarbrax Branch of the Caledonian Railway on the right. Viewfield shale-oil mine is visible in the top right-hand corner.
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General oblique aerial view centred on the shale-oil works, remains of the shale bings, shale-oil mines, village and remains of the rig, taken from the SSW.
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Oblique aerial view of the shale oil works bings, taken from the SW.
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General oblique aerial view of the village and the shale oil works bings, taken from the SSW.
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Aerial view.
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Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing the remains of the shale-oil mine and a tramway leading up to it in the centre of the photograph.
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Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSW, showing both massive shale bing of the shale-oil mine in the centre of the photograph, with a tramway running out from between them toward the bottom left-hand corner.
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Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing Tarbrax village in the centre of the photograph, and part of one of the bings of the shale-oil mine in the centre right.. An area of rig is visible at the bottom.
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View showing shale bing
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Oblique aerial view centred on the Tabrax shale-oil works, remains of the shale bings and shale-oil mines with the village and remains of the rig adjacent, taken from the NW.
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Aerial view.
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Aerial view.
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Aerial view.
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Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing one massive bing of the shale-oil mine alongside a tramway in the centre of the photograph, with another tramway running up the right-hand side, and the remains of an engine house and dam, and an area of rig, at the bottom.
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Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the SE, showing the remains of the shale-oil mine and a tramway leading up to it in the centre of the photograph.
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Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the ESE, showing the remains of the shale-oil mine and a tramway leading up to it in the centre of the photograph.
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Tarbrax shale-oil works, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing one of the shale-oil mine's large spoil heaps across the centre of the photograph, situated between a tramway, and the Tarbrax branch of the Caledonian Railway, and a second spoil heap in the bottom right-hand corner.
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General oblique aerial view centred on the shale-oil works, remains of the shale bings, shale-oil mines, village and remains of the rig, taken from the SE.
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General oblique aerial view of the village and the shale oil works bings, taken from the S.
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Aerial view.
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Aerial view.
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Aerial view.
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Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the ENE, showing one of the massive shale bings associated with the shale-oil mine at the top of the photograph, with a tramway running alongside it to the left, and the Tarbrax Branch of the Caledonian Railway to the right. A second, smaller, shale bing overlies an area of rig in the bottom half.
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Tarbrax, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on the village, with shale bings in the background.
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