Old Photograph Livingston Scotland

Old photograph of Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. This is the fourth post-World War II new town to be built in Scotland, designated in 1962. It is located halfway between Scotlands's two largest cities, being about 30 miles east of Glasgow and 15 miles west of Edinburgh. The area around Livingston was previously an important shale oil area the world's first oil boom occurred, in West Lothian. This was based on oil extracted from shale, and by 1870 over 3 million tons of shale were being mined each year in the area around Livingston.



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