Derbyshire IAS – The Riddings Oil Refinery of 1848 – 175 years ago
St. Mary’s Church Hall Darley Lane, Derby, United KingdomBritain’s first oil refinery - was it also the world’s first? Speaker: Cliff Lea It was in the 1840s that the Oakes family struck oil whilst sinking one of their coal pits at Riddings near Alfreton. Hear how the technical characteristics of this fluid – a fluid that was regarded as simply a nuisance at…