Kinghorn Candle Works
In 1881 the Burntisland Oil Company took on the ailing Binnend Oilworks and set about building a private railway to Kinghorn Goods Yard. The line opened in 1887 but lasted less than twenty years as the business failed. About half way along the route was a candle works, served by a siding bounded by the loading bank on the centre left. The connection to Kinghorn veered to the right at an average gradient of 1 in 50. After serving as a leather enamelling works the site has since been cleared and replaced by housing.
Location: Kinghorn Candle Works (former)
Original line: Binnend Oilworks Railway
Photographer: Bill Roberton
Contact photographer: Bill Roberton
Date: 2006
Image number: 79580
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