Tarbrax, Shale-oil Works

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Dam (19th Century), Engine House (19th Century)

Site Name Tarbrax, Shale-oil Works

Classification Dam (19th Century), Engine House (19th Century)

Canmore ID 85577

Site Number NT05NW 10.03

NGR NT 0280 5550

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/85577

Digital Images

SC 1731227

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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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

8/2/1995

SC 1731176

Aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1730879

Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSW, showing one massive shale bing of the shale-oil mine in the centre of the photograph, with the Tarbrax Branch of the Caledonian Railway curving around it. A further, smaller, shale bing overlies an area of rig in the top half, and the remains of an engine house and dam are visible in the centre right.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

8/2/1995

SC 1731230

Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the NE, showing one massive bing of the shale-oil mine in the centre of the photograph, with a tramway running off into the top right-hand corner, and the Tarbrax Branch of the Caledonian Railway running alongside it. A further shale bing, and the ruins of an engine house and dam, are visible in the bottom half, overlying an area of rig.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

8/2/1995

DP 012065

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the engine house and the bing, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

17/11/2005

SC 1731174

Aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1731175

Aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

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Administrative Areas

Council South Lanarkshire
Parish Carnwath
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Clydesdale
Former County Lanarkshire

Activities

Field Visit (July 1994)

RCAHMS Afforestable Land Survey, Central Scottish Woodland

NT05NW 10.03 0280 5550

The engine house on the E side of the Glenfield Burn was possibly connected to Lawhead Mine (NT05NW 11) but supplied by tramways eminating from Tarbrax shale-oil works (NT05NW 10.00).

Some 50m up the burn is the remains of a dam with an electric dynamo house which supplied power, either to the shale-oil works or the mine.

(CSW 4714 and 4722)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 15, 20 July 1994

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