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May 19, 2026
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Here are some ruins of the former district of High Binn. Miners were housed in the buildings. They extracted oil shale from mines that lay more than a hundred meters below sea level.
The place was built around 1880 and housed 564 workers in 1881. The place was formally abandoned in 1931 due to lack of infrastructure and the end of oil shale mining. Only in 1954 did the last resident, 74-year-old George Hood, leave the place.
The place was built around 1880 and housed 564 workers in 1881. The place was formally abandoned in 1931 due to lack of infrastructure and the end of oil shale mining. Only in 1954 did the last resident, 74-year-old George Hood, leave the place.
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