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SHALE OIL WORKS

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A site where oil is produced from shale.

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Term Note
CANDLE FACTORY A building or buildings used for the manufacture of candles.
PARAFFIN WORKS An industrial facility where paraffin is produced.
SHALE OIL MINE An excavation made in order to locate or extract oil-shale. Oil-shale was mined in Scotland, especially in West Lothian, from the mid-19th century to the early 1960s.

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