Graving Dock, Grangemouth Dockyard

Maker
Unknown
Production date
Circa 1930
 Description
View of one side of the graving dock showing the stepped stone side wall. The dock is dry. A narrow gauge railway runs past the dock to the building in the distance. A fixed crane sits on the dockside.
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Maker
Production date
Circa 1930
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Subject place
Grangemouth Dockyard/Dalgrain Rd/Old Grangemouth/Grangemouth area
Subject notes
A graving dock is for ship repair. After the ship has sailed into the dock, the dock gates are closed, isolating it from the wet docks. The water is then pumped out, allowing the ship's hull below the waterline to be worked on.
Accession number
P00613

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