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Sanquhar oil installation

Former parish and county:
Parish of Sanquhar, County of Dumfries
Local authority:
Dumfries and Galloway
Opened:
c.1914

References

  • AR0721 (record missing) - Correspondence, dated 1913 -1914, between Young's PLMO Co. and Glasgow & South Western Railway regarding ground for oil storage depots at Kilmarnock, Sanquhar, Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, and Girvan.
  • Note of agreement between Young's PLMO Co. and Glasgow and South Western Railway over oil storage tank at Sanquhar goods yard, dated 1915, 215853 page 391.

  • General location