LOCK GATES ROWED [SIC] SIXTY MILES TO MERSEY Seventeen hundred ton sliding gate for world's biggest oil dock is towed [sic] sixty miles by sea from Barrow-in-Furness.
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LOCK GATES ROWED [SIC] SIXTY MILES TO MERSEY Seventeen hundred ton sliding gate for world's biggest oil dock is towed [sic] sixty miles by sea from Barrow-in-Furness.
- Title: LOCK GATES ROWED [SIC] SIXTY MILES TO MERSEY Seventeen hundred ton sliding gate for world's biggest oil dock is towed [sic] sixty miles by sea from Barrow-in-Furness.
- Date: 28th April 1952
- Summary: Eastham, Cheshire, England: GV New oil dock, at Eastham, Nr. Ellesmer Port, under construction. GV 3 tugs towing Lock gates towards. Nearer Shot Ditto. SCU Lock gate being closed. GV Dock under construction. SCU Gates floating in water. SV Men watch from side. GV Gate being pumped with air. CU Pan Ditto. CU Men looking on. GV Gate moving into upright position. SV Ditto. SV Men pulling on rope. CU Gate moving into position. SV Men signalling. SV Gate into position. GV Ship in dock area. Civil Engineering; Ships and Boats; Great Britain Initials SOMERS SPECIAL FOR SCOTLAND ONLY Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 13th May 1952 13:00
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- Location: Eastham, Cheshire, England
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVA6Y81R8W1J3JK2VN6776CFS17T
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