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SHALE OIL WORKS
A site where oil is produced from shale.
Classifications
Related Terms
Term | Note |
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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. |