I spent many good years on that wee patch of land. Just hanging around playing fitba and stuff and drinking loads of cheap booze from a certain wee shop round the corner... good times. sad to see it go.
Chemical waste was put through a furnace in the Brediland Chemical Works ( large chimney clearly seen in library archive photos). The black tar was the left over residue and the various old mine shafts were very convenient for dumping it in.
Funny how it has taken 12 months SO FAR to work that one out....
I have a 500 page land survey report which clearly shows the types of contamination recorded and even that fails to take the tar pits into consideration. You can find a copy of that in the Linwood libary and you will see slate is not the culprit here..........
I spent many good years on that wee patch of land. Just hanging around playing fitba and stuff and drinking loads of cheap booze from a certain wee shop round the corner... good times. sad to see it go.
iainber 1 year ago
its now full of houses
chillfmdude 2 years ago
ps..
Chemical waste was put through a furnace in the Brediland Chemical Works ( large chimney clearly seen in library archive photos). The black tar was the left over residue and the various old mine shafts were very convenient for dumping it in.
linwoodsucks 3 years ago
Funny how it has taken 12 months SO FAR to work that one out....
I have a 500 page land survey report which clearly shows the types of contamination recorded and even that fails to take the tar pits into consideration. You can find a copy of that in the Linwood libary and you will see slate is not the culprit here..........
linwoodsucks 3 years ago
Was the black Tar from some old chemical works thats not degraded or is it a natural substance brogfht up from the mining years ago?
charleybo36 3 years ago
Turns out the land was'nt contaminated afterall! The smell was the raw slate.
charleybo36 3 years ago