A model of an oil rig to be built at Graythorp
- Date:
- 30 May 1972
- Location:
- Graythorp , Graythorp, Hartlepool
- Reference:
- JLP01/08/091530
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)
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Description
In the early 1970s Laing Pipelines Offshore constructed the Graythorp fabrication yard and dry dock on the site of the old William Gray Shipyard. The company created a dry dock which was used for the construction of fixed platform North Sea drilling rigs for the BP North Sea Oil Project. The work carried out on site included dredging the dry dock and earthmoving with the aim of creating a very large dry dock 500 metres long and 250 metres deep, to be excavated to a depth of 8.4 metres below sea level and capable of holding a vessel or rig with a 8.5m draught.
This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.
Content
This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
Rights
Contact Historic England Archive
Keywords
Late 20th Century Dry Dock, Late 20th Century Marine Engineering Works
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