Country code |
GB |
Repository code |
234 |
Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
Reference |
RHP140 |
Title |
Plan of the coal wastes or workings in the Lands of Hurlet, Renfrewshire |
Dates |
1849 |
Access status |
Open |
Access conditions |
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Location |
On site (Sighthill) |
Description |
'Plan shewing the coal wastes or workings in the lands at Hurlet, belonging to the Rt Honourable the Earl of Glasgow. For conjoined actions, the Hurlet and Campsie Alum Company and partners against the said Earl and messrs John Wilson and Sons'. By Maclure and Macdonald, Glasgow, draughtsmen and Lithographers, Glasgow. [1:4800] 1 inch = 600 Imperial links. 685 x 985 mm. Hand coloured. Lithograph. Linen backing. Mining plan coloured to show extent of waste with proportions accessible and inaccessible for working alum ore. Divided into numbered sections. Many pits noted including those open but not in use, ventilation, and filled-up. Nitshill and Hurlet alum works, Lightbody copperas works, Fereneze and Crossmill printworks shown. Hurlet and Nitshill villages, roads, field boundaries and Glasgow, Barrhead and neilston Direct Railway with branch to Victoria Pit noted. Adjacent owners named. Table of contents. Compass rose. |
Level |
Item |
Extent |
1 plan, flat |
Copies |
NRS Negative No 491 Plan of coal wastes or workings in the lands of Hurlet, the property of the Earl of Glasgow |
Related material |
Process |
Archival history |
Found during the arrangement of the unextracted processes in the basement room of the office of Mr. Archibald McNeill. |
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PL206 | Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
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