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Addiewell history
In 1852 James Young bought the patent for the production of paraffin oil by distillation of coal, known as the oil shale industry. After his patents expired in 1864, in 1865 Young bought out his business partners at the Bathgate-based chemical works, and choose to build a larger factory at Addiewell, due to its location on the Breich river. After agreeing purchase of 70 acres (28 ha) 1 mile (1.6 km) west from the village of West Calder, he built a brickworks, allowing him to greatly reduce construction costs.
Addiewell chemical works
Young found that the heavily polluted river could not be used for production purposes, and so was forced to drive his own water wells. At peak production, the plant consumed annually: 526,000,000 imperial gallons (2.39×10 l) of water, 73,210 long tons (74,380 t) of coal, used also to power the 280 horsepower (210 kW) steam engines. The plant burnt its own liquid waste, the coal ash was used to repair local roads, while the 11,000 long tons of shale waste was disposed by conveyor belt to local waste heaps.
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