Volume: Construction of Coryton Oil Refinery
- Date:
- Jul 1952 - May 1953
- Location:
- Coryton Oil Refinery, Thurrock
- Reference:
- JLP01/01/066
- Type:
- Volume Containing Photographic Material
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Description
Photograph album labelled 'Oil Refineries' including general views of oil refinery for Vacuum Oil Company Ltd, crude distillation plant, new tank farm, water intake caisson, suspension bridge and piles to jetties - including details showing pitching piles, plumbing a pile, transporting a pile and welding a pile - views of blasting a channel through foreshore mud for new outfall discharge into Shellhaven Creek, copies of architectural perspective drawings of canteen and administrative block, and photographs of furfural unit, road tankers delivering fuel, boilers and turbo generators under construction and a photograph of fractionating tower being delivered through London.
Content
This is part of the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
This Volume contains the following materials:
Rights
Contact Historic England Archive
Keywords
Mid 20th Century Oil Refinery