Sujet

Graythorp, Graythorp, Hartlepool, 06/1974. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

An aerial view of tug boats towing the oil platform Graythorp I along the Tees Estuary away from Graythorp. 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. Graythorp I had its christening ceremony on June 4th and was launched on Saturday 29th June 1974, heading off for the Forties Oil Field 250 miles away.

Date

1974

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM21A84_479

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

110,5Mo (4,1Mo) / 64,5cm x 42,9cm / 7624 x 5066 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation sea water England boat boats engineering industry country British geography English floating industrial wharf docks dock tug location century platform Britain moving oil rig North Sea drilling rig dry dock B&W aerial view seventies tug boat towing oil industry tugboat 1970s Construction Industry bird's eye view dais water transport black & white black and white B W 20th century geographical feature TGN photograph Hartlepool North Sea Oil graving dock Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc Graythorp dry dock Graythorp I