Pumpherston Oil Company Tenants Agreement Book
code: LVSAV1998.077
Description
Agreement book issued by the Pumpherston Oil Co. The book contains signatures from residents of all 220 in Pumpherston village, plus 6 in Davmar Place. All signatures are dated in May or June of 1930
Tenants of Pumpherston Oil Company property had to sign an agreement to the deduction of the charges for electric lighting in their houses from their wages. Originally printed for the Oakbank Oil Company Ltd., Niddry Castle Works, Winchburgh. These details are scored out and replaced with Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd, both companies were brought together within Scottish Oils Ltd.
Shale oil companies pioneered the use of electricity in their works and mines. Many company villages were also fed from the works supply and the cost of this domestic power deducted from wages
