Key Information
Reference code
WINTRINGHAM 4/9
Title
Papers, 1949, relating to Tom Wintringham's plans to use peat to make motor fuel
Date(s)
- 1949 Apr (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Papers relating to Tom Wintringham's proposal to use peat to produce motor spirit, to be carried out in Shotts, Lanarkshire, including typescript proposal, Apr 1949; proposal for clearing a peat bog; paper on 'A hydro-peat scheme'; maps of peat bogs in Shotts; survey of peat in Scotland, manuscript notes and correspondence with the Scottish Reconstruction Committee. 1 file