Oil pipeline, Grangemouth Docks

Maker
Unknown
Production date
16 Nov 1922
 Description
View of a jetty with four pipelines leading from it. The entrance to the dock gates is in the distance.
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Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
16 Nov 1922
Subject person
Subject place
Scottish Oils Pipeline/Grangemouth Docks/Grangemouth area
Subject notes
The jetty was built in the Eastern Channel of the docks. The use of Middle East oil was investigated at Uphall Refinery, West Lothian, using crude oil piped from Grangemouth. In 1924 Scottish Oils Ltd opened a new refinery at Grangemouth specifically designed to refine Middle East crude.

LINES ENTERING CENTRE DOLPHIN SHOWING FLANGED JOINTS AT BEND
Accession number
P16759

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