Brediland and Erskinefauld clean up

Work started on Monday this week preparing for the remediation(clean up) of the contaminated land at Brediland and Erskinefauld road area in Linwood.

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[linwoodsucks]

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]

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..........

[iainber]

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.

[chillfmdude]

its now full of houses

[charleybo36]

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]

Turns out the land was'nt contaminated afterall! The smell was the raw slate.