Album of photographs relating to the rebuilding of the Hopetoun Oil Works, near Kirkliston, West Lothian.
An album of 29 gelatin silver prints by an unknown photographer(s) relating to the Hopetoun Oil Works in West Lothian which extracted crude oil from shail mines in the vicinity. The photographs have captions of dates in ink. The album illustrates the progress made in the erection of a bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts  for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd. An album containing these prints but with 16 extra photographs is held in the collections of the Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry.
MacKinnon collection, jointly acquired with the National Galleries of Scotland, with assistance from the Scottish Government, National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Art Fund.
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Inscription on front pastedown: Snapshots taken to illustrate the progress made in the erection of bench of 80 Young & Fyfe retorts for Messrs Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Ltd. Order given 30th August 1906. Completion promised Novr 1906. To Mr. Allison from A.T. Craig Christmas 1906}.
Oil-shale industry