Oil rig on the move JLP01_10_01584_6
Graythorp Dry Dock, Hartlepool. The Graythorp basin flooded and the dock gates removed for float out of oil platform. The Laing Offshore Graythorp project involved the development of the former shipyard at Graythorp dock to form an oil platform construction base. Permanent dock gates were constructed consisting of hollow rectangular concrete caissons resting on a sill between two sets of sand filled cofferdams. Photographed in June 1974
Copyright © Historic England. John Laing Photographic Collection
Media ID 12573612
Date: 13th September 2016
Copyright Status: Copyrighted Work
Source: Historic England Archive
Owner URL: images.historicenglandservices.org.uk
Credit: © Historic England Archive. Joh
Image Size: 4287 x 3894 Pixels
Filesize is 18.79MB
Associated Categories: Shipyards
Associated Categories: Graythorp - oil rigs
Keywords: archive, construction, engineering