OBJECT TITLE / NAME

BP tower, 19/10/1985

DATE1985

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERArthur Woodley

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P1037

HISTORY

The large tower leaning to the left is a fifty metre high heating and steam generating tower being toppled during the demolition of the BP Western Port Refinery’s oil processing unit at Crib Point. The tower to the left is a 100 metre high concrete chimney stack which was also later demolished. The water cooling tower is on the right.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a large tower leaning over to the left. A tall chimney stack is to the left and part of another large tower is to the right. A large building is on the far right and a white tank is on the far left-hand side. A road is in the foreground.

SUBJECTS

Manufacturing industry, Oil industry

KEYWORDS

BP Western Port Refinery, Crib Point, Woodley, Arthur