Attribution: Image by Thierry Milherou from Pixabay

Oil construction yard work in Cromarty

In common with other areas in Ross-shire, personnel from Cromarty have worked in the oil construction yards in Nigg and Invergordon.

At Invergordon and Nigg, Ameralda Hess and ELF structures were built at Barmac’s fabrication yard but the international downturn in orders threatened many skilled and well-paid jobs (1998).

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01 Cromarty in the early 1800s
01 Cromarty in the early 1800s
02 Romanticised picture of Cromarty Castle ....
02 Romanticised picture of Cromarty Castle ....
03 .... and of the view from the Fishertown.
03 .... and of the view from the Fishertown.
04 Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty
04 Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty
05 George Ross of Cromarty
05 George Ross of Cromarty
06 Bellevue, Church Street
06 Bellevue, Church Street
07 East Church
07 East Church
08 MacFarquhar's Bed
08 MacFarquhar's Bed
09 Udale Bay
09 Udale Bay
10 Bottlenose Dolphins
10 Bottlenose Dolphins
11 Oil Platform
11 Oil Platform
12 Cromarty Courthouse
12 Cromarty Courthouse
13 The Cromarty Centre
13 The Cromarty Centre
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