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and pink hills of shale waste) produced by the mining industry, 19 of which still stand in West Lothian, were at first considered blights, but now are

Forth and is predominantly rural, though there were extensive coal, iron, and shale oil mining operations in the 19th and 20th centuries which created distinctive

18th-century coal mining enterprises of the Wooldridge family. Incorporated in 1836, their Mid-Lothian Mining and Manufacturing Company employed free

fishing and coal-mining forming significant parts of the local economy. Following the end of the Roman occupation of Britain, Lothian was populated

industrial and mining centre, principally associated with the coal and shale oil industries. By the early 20th century, much of the mining and heavy industry

Thomas F. Jr. "The Mid-Lothian Coal Mining Company Chronology – from – Historically Significant Sites on the Mid-Lothian Coal Mining Co. Tract in Chesterfield

Airmadale, Scottish Gaelic: Armadal) is a town within the county of West Lothian in the Central Belt of Scotland. It lies to the west of Bathgate and to

Wooldridge family hailed from East Lothian and West Lothian in Scotland, and named their mining company Mid-Lothian, the source of the modern name. In

century, Bo'ness was the site of various industrial activities, including coal mining, saltmaking and pottery production. With its location beside the Forth

In 1890 he amalgamated his company with the mining interests of the Marquess of Lothian to form the Lothian Coal Company. The colliery was named after