BP Forties Field: [steel production platform in early stage of completion]. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Genre: Industrial Photography Steel rods emerge from the sea; the platform has yet to be installed. Published on page 82/3 of ‘The Oil Rush’ (London: Quartet Books, 1976).
Hamilton Transworld 58 semi-submersible rig. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '2437a.8 / 4 / 4 / 10 / 10'. Genre: Industrial Photography Photograph taken from the air, the view looks down on the oil rig, which is in the foreground; the calm sea stretches to the skyline. Published on pages 86/7 of ‘The Oil Rush’ (London: Quartet Books, 19...
Hamilton Transworld 58 semi-submersible rig. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '2417-5-20' [copyright stamp]. Genre: Industrial Photography Photograph taken on the rig with a man walking along a walkway (left) towards a crane. Published on page 87 of ‘The Oil Rush’ (London: Quartet Books, 1976).
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'E 855 / 117.0 / Hamilton /2417-2-38 / H16 [crossed out] 84F / 16' [copyright stamp]. Genre: Industrial Photography A man crouches down on a raised ledge and fixes part of the machinery. Published on page 87 of ‘The Oil Rush’ (London: Quartet Books, 1976).
Lock Kishorn construction site. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '91 / 2414-5-17a / OIL / 4 / 725' [copyright stamp]. Genre: Industrial Photography A large pit has been dug out by the side of the loch; an oil derrick is at the centre and is surrounded by tall metal blocks. Published on page 100 of ‘The Oil Rush’ (London: Qua...
Kishorn: Concrete pouring and trowelling. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '630 / 94 / 2394.5.22a / 8' [copyright stamp]. Genre: Industrial Photography A shirtless man kneels down and trowels a length of concrete. Published on page 104 of ‘The Oil Rush’ (London: Quartet Books, 1976).
Kishorn, construction for site to build concrete platforms. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '2382.5.26 / 9 / Kishorn, construction for site to build concrete platforms /660'[copyright stamp]. Genre: Industrial Photography Mounds of gravel and sand with mixing machines nearby; a man walks down the heap of sand to the right. Published on page 105 of ‘Th...
Kishorn: Site clearance and preparation. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '2394-2-35a' [copyright stamp]. Genre: Industrial Photography A shirtless man shovels a trench; part of a digger can be seen quarrying rocks nearby. Published on pages 106/7 of ‘The Oil Rush’ (London: Quartet Books, 1976).
Kishorn: Site clearance and preparation. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '99 [crossed out] / 2393.3.28a / Kishorn, constructing of concrete oil platform / 12 [crossed out]' [copyright stamp]. Genre: Industrial Photography A shirtless man (right) places triangulars metal tubing in order, presummably for the oil derrick which seems to...
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '2394-2-38a' [copyright stamp]. Genre: Portrait Photography A man wearing Wellingtons and rolled up trousers sits on a step with a cigarette in one hand and a paper cup in the other. Published on page 108 of ‘The Oil Rush’ (London: Quartet Books, 1976).