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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMS 3801/1/1/19/14
TitlePhotographs of the Installation of Compression Facilities
Date1981 - circa 2001
Extent13 items
Creator NameTotal
DescriptionImage 1- Colour photograph showing the installation of the Permanent Living Quarters on MCP-01. Shows whole of MCP-01 from a distance with the PLQ being lifted with the arm of a crane. Dated 10 July 1982.
Image 2 - Colour photograph of the PLQ being towed by a tug boat through Lowestoft Harbour, with the construction yard in the background. Dated 2 July 1982.
Image 3 - Three colour photograph of the installation of the temporary crane on board MCP-01. Two of the photographs show the temporary crane being lifted on board the platform by a larger crane, probably at dawn; the other shows the crane sitting on the barge in darkness.
Image 4 -Colour photograph showing the temporary living quarters being lifted aboard MCP-01.Shows the whole platform and the crane from a distance . Dated 18 May 1981.
Image 5 - Colour photograph of the valve skid being lifted onto MCP-01. Taken from the platform, showing the valve skid in the foreground and the crane barge in the background.
Image 6 - Close-up colour photograph of the valve manifold skid being lowered onto MCP-01, with the deck below. Dated 25 December 1982.
Image 7 - Colour photograph of the West side of compression module 11. Shows the platform's identification sign. Taken from below, looking almost vertically up.
Image 8 - Colour photograph of the exterior of compression module M11, South side of Level D. Taken at a slightly diagonal angle.
Image 9 - Colour photograph of two abseillers carrying out repair works to the blast wall of compressor M11. Dated 2002.
Image 10 - Colour photograph of the whole exterior of compression module M12, South side of Level D.
Image 11 - Colour photograph of the exterior of compression module 12, South end. The module is in the background, with a guardrail and pipework in the foreground.
Image 12 - Black and white layout plan of compression module 11, showing the levels A to D and the roof level.
Image 13 - Black and white layout plan of compression module 12, showing levels A to D and the roof level.
AccrualsNone expected.
Access StatusOpen
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Physical DescriptionOnly available electronically; requires computer to access.
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