Image of Stanlow Oil Refinery, Stanlow, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester,

Stanlow Oil Refinery, Stanlow, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, UK,...

IMAGE number: EHT6619509
Image title: Stanlow Oil Refinery, Stanlow, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, UK, 1954 (b/w photo)
Date: 1954 AD (C20th AD)

Image description: An oil tank being 'skidded' along tracks by two Caterpillar D8 tractors fitted with winches at Stanlow Oil Refinery_x000D_ _x000D_ The contract for re-sitting storage tanks at Stanlow Oil Refinery involved the removal of four tanks 650 yards from their original position. Each tank weighed 300 tons and the journey involved one 30 degree turn and two 90 degree turns for each tank. The tanks also had to cross the 25ft wide pipe track, over which a steel bridge with concrete buttresses was constructed in preparation for the journey. The tanks were raised on rails and 'skidded' by tractors fitted with winches.
Photo credit: © Historic England / John Laing Photographic Collection / Bridgeman Images
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