View of two 509 cranes positioning the 1,000 ton lower leg section of the jacket structure in Laing's Graythorp yard.
HHT+N 758
Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service
Location
In 1971, John Laing took over the disused William Gray Shipyard at Graythorp and offshore oil rigs were built on the site. The site is now owned by Able UK and fairly recently was known for the infamous 'ghost ships' which were dismantled there.
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