A view of the oil platform Thistle A at Graythorp on the day of the naming ceremony
- Date:
- 12 Jun 1976
- Location:
- Graythorp , Graythorp, Hartlepool
- Reference:
- JLP01/10/03632
- 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. Oil platforms, Graythorp I and Graythorp II were built at this site between 1972-1975, followed by Thistle A, which at the time was the largest steel oil production platform in the world.
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 Marine Engineering Works, Late 20th Century Dry Dock, Late 20th Century Oil Rig
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