Museum objects
Tools , products, and other three dimensional objects.
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LVSAV1997.004 | Oil Lamp | File Record | Oil lamp burner, brass with single flat wick, wheel adjuster embossed "Youngs Patent Paraffin Oil" |
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LVSAV1997.006 | Oilshale Carving | File Record | Piece of oil shale, crudely engraved with the words "Broxburn Shale" |
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LVSAV1998.054 | Glass Plate Negative of Retort Designs. | File Record | Twenty three glass plate negatives of retort designs taken from a technical journal. Five glass plate negatives of retort designs, some fairly obscure, seemingly taken … |
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LVSAV1998.055 | Miners mash hammer | File Record | Miner's mash hammer, heavy hammer with one square face and a narrower nose, used in Westwood Pit, probably for setting props and hammering in wedges. … |
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LVSAV1998.058 | Miners lamp wax box | File Record | Cardboard box, originally for Miner's Lamp Wax. Printed on both sides "Miner's Lamp Wax, Scottish Oils and Shell Mex Ltd Manufactured in Scotland", c 1935. |
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LVSAV1998.059 | House key | File Record | Large key for oil workers housing at Oakbank which was demolished c 1980 with card label tied to it reading: "for Mr Anslon's Dept, Keys … |
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LVSAV1998.060 | Product Sample - Shale Oil Distillation | File Record | specimen bottles of the various products of shale oil distillation, including: motor spirit, fine naphtha, lubricating oil, gas oil (fuel) green oil, crude oil, mineral … |
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LVSAV1998.061 | Lamp wax | File Record | Block of miner's lamp wax, wrapped in original paper, c1940. Manufactured by Scottish Oils and Shell Mex with the address 53 Bothwell St Glasgow |
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LVSAV1998.062 | Painting - Elizabeth Aitken Russell Ruffell | File Record | Framed painting of Elizabeth Aitken Russell Ruffell, wife of James Betts Ruffell, candlemaker at Broxburn Oil Company Works |
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LVSAV1998.062 | Painting - James Betts Ruffel, Candlemaker | File Record | Framed painting of James Betts Ruffell, candlemaker at Broxburn Oil Company Works during the late 19th century to early 20th century |