A view of the launch site of the Northcoates pipeline, showing Laing Pipelines buoys in the foreground with the pipeline and lifting equipment in the background

Date:
16 Jun 1970
Location:
North Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire
Reference:
JLP01/10/00562
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The civil engineering work on the Northcoates oil pipeline was carried out by Laing Pipelines along with French companies Entrepose and GTM, and the main contractor for the dredging work was Dredging and Construction Company along with Adriaan Volker of Rotterdam. Over two miles of 36 inch diameter pipeline, encased in concrete, was pulled out to sea in the Humber Estuary on 16th June 1970.

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: JLP01/10 John Laing Photographic Collection Colour Negatives and Transparencies; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Late 20th Century Pipeline, Engineering