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Kilve

Kilve Oil Retort Chimney

West Somerset District

Kilve

Kilve Oil Retort Chimney

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Kilve Oil Retort Chimney

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Location: Kilve, West Somerset District, Somerset, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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August 3, 2023

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In the early 1900s, it was thought that the Kimmeridge shale at Kilve could be a commercial source of oil. It was explored, but never lucrative enough to really work. This old brick structure would have been used to prospect the site.

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January 11, 2024

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IT stands as the only remaining memorial to a scheme that just a century ago would, it was claimed, turn the Quantock coast into the country’s oil capital with a production of five million gallons a year and bring unprecedented wealth to West Somerset. Today, visitors passing on their way to Kilve beach see only a brick box with a rusty chimney on its top. That’s if they notice it at all.

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January 13, 2024

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Location: Kilve, West Somerset District, Somerset, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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