Photo - General Layout of Oakbank Oil Works
code: LVSAV2010.036
Description
Sepia photograph showing the general layout of Oakbank Oil Works, c1920? Mounted on card, engine with empty wagons in foreground, "Oakbank Works" written in black ink beneath photograph.
Former property of George Reid
George Reid (1889-1990), 17 Greendykes Road, Broxburn worked at: Oakbank Oil Works, 1908 to 1931, Evaporating Plant & Retort Shift Foreman; Oakbank Oil Works, 1932, Demolition Manager; Hopetoun Oil Works, 1932 to 1943, Relief Foreman & Foreman; Hopetoun Oil Works, 1943 to 1946, Manager; Hayscraig Quarry & Hopetoun Oil Works, 1949 to 1953, Manager & Demolition Manager; Roman Camp Oil Works, 1953 to 1959, Manager & Demolition Manager