A 509 Revolver crane under construction at Graythorp
- Date:
- 8 Nov 1972
- Location:
- Graythorp , Graythorp, Hartlepool
- Reference:
- JLP01/08/093177
- 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. By 1972, one thousand men were working on site to build a tubular structure which would support a drilling rig in the North Sea destined for the Forties Oilfield.
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
© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
Keywords
Late 20th Century Marine Engineering Works, Late 20th Century Fabrication Shed, Engineering, Construction, Industrial Heritage
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