Highland Two Pile Threading
And out the other end, any old nigg men remember that?? Photo taken from M.& E. yard.
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6 Comments
As Maurice Chevalier once said " Ah yes I remember it well",
Comment left on 23 July 2010 at 10:44 by John Jones
I remember that - the Pile was buckled and had to be removed and repaired.
Comment left on 05 October 2010 at 08:58 by J. Derek Riddell
The pile had to be replaced, Derek, not repaired. We had to scour the country for steel so that the mill could roll a replacement pile!
Comment left on 02 August 2011 at 20:06 by Ken Gordon
I'm pretty sure that I remember Graham McChesney (eventually Pipemill Manager) telling me that the unbuckled sections were retained - it was 'lost' piles (during offshore upending) from either FC or FD that had to be totally replaced?
Comment left on 02 August 2011 at 23:17 by J. Derek Riddell
You're right, Derek. My mistake. I had forgotten all about that incident!!
Comment left on 03 August 2011 at 13:32 by Ken Gordon
The "lost piles" were on Magnus during upending, 11 off them. I remember this one in the photo coming to a screaching halt. Do you remember the pile they dropped at the other end? It landed on the Dock Gate and wrote off 2 Skyhorses and a 4100. I have photos somewhere that I'll send you.
Comment left on 09 June 2013 at 14:05 by Ramsay Bain
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