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Longrigg Oil Works

Former parish and county:
New Monkland, Lanarkshire
Local authority:
North Lanarkshire
Ownership:
Opened:
Presumably built c. 1880
Closed:
Presumably dismantled after 1881
Current status of site:
Uncertain
Regional overview:

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Not listed by Redwood. Coalmasters John Nimmo & Sons were associated with earlier oilworks at Grangepans and at Limerigg. It is unknown whether James Nimmo was linked to John Nimmo & Sons.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1896, showing the general area of Longrigg Works.

  • Rateable value by year
    • Date Rateable Value Owner Occupier Notes
      1880 £60 James Nimmo James Nimmo
      1881 £60 James Nimmo James Nimmo
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