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Photograph of Piper Alpha Control Room
Photograph of Piper Alpha Control Room
Photograph of Piper Alpha Control Room
Photograph of Piper Alpha Control Room

Photograph of Piper Alpha Control Room

Associated
Associated (Campbeltown, Scotland, born 1944)
Date1976
Object NamePhotograph
Mediumcolour photograph
ClassificationsNorth Sea Oil and Gas Industries
Dimensions17.5 x 12.5cm
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS077383
About MeThe interior of the Piper Alpha control room. Not a place built for comfort.
This is a photograph of some of the original crew taken in 1976 not long after the platform was positioned in the North Sea.

In 6th July 1988 Piper Alpha was completely destroyed by a series of hydrocarbon explosions. The first explosion destroyed the control room at 9.57pm. Some 167 men were killled in the disaster.