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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KINNEIL IRON WORKS | Kinneil Iron Works Kinneil Iron Works |
Reverend K. Mackenzie Minister Bo'ness W. Begg Manager of Kinneil Iron Works |
001 | [Situation] About 5/8 mile WSW [West South West] of the parish church This is an extensive works having four large blast furnaces, and two large engines [of] 60 horse power each, for forcing air into them, there is a foundry, an engineers shop, a wright smith, a firebrick work, and a steam [saw] 8 horse power; all in good repair. There is about 1100 men employed, at the mines, and Iron Works. When the Furnaces are in good working order, they produce about 550 tons of Saleable Pig Iron a week. The mineral field here contains two valuable seams of Ironstone, one Parrot Coal and several seams of Common Coal; the latter has been all worked out many years ago, and although the present owners have incurred great expenses to discover the seams of coal to the west, at tips of the old workings - none have yet been found, which can be worked to profit. Therefore the coals for the use of the works are all brought from other districts: viz Fife, Clackmannan, and the Slamannan Collieries. The [ ] Pit which is about 182 fathoms deep, has a remarkable seam of traplock in it which is about 80 fathoms thickness. The owners of the works, are the Trustees of the late John Wilson It is now the property of the Duke of Hamilton. |
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