2022

SU6127 : Replacing wooden cradles by piles of earth

taken 2 years ago, near to Bramdean, Hampshire, England

Replacing wooden cradles by piles of earth
Replacing wooden cradles by piles of earth
The side boom crane is holding the welded pipe up whilst the excavator beyond is creating a pile of earth to support the pipe. The pipe was formerly supported upon the wooden cradles, I am told known as 'skids', which are seen at beyond. The assumption is that there are a limited number of these timber cradles and they need to be moved on to the next part of the pipeline. For a longer view of this activity see Link .
Esso Southampton to London pipeline 2020

In October 2020 Esso Petroleum Company obtained the Southampton to London Pipeline Development Consent Order 2020, permitting them to constuct a new fuel pipeline of diameter 330 mm from Boorley Green to the West London Terminal storage facility in Hounslow. It would carry high-pressure aviation fuel produced at their Fawley refinery to Heathrow airport.

The official web site of the project was LinkExternal link .

The new pipeline would follow the route of an existing one which was coming to the end of its life, but without disrupting it.

Works first became visible in Hampshire in 2022 when lots of little rectangular fenced pens were created, in pairs, on either side of certain roads. The purpose of these pens was to enclose land needed to operate machines to take the pipeline beneath these roads. Two methods were mainly used: pipe pushing and auger boring depending, it seems, upon the nature of the ground. Pipe pushing could not be used in hard ground like flinty chalk.

Earlier, in 2020, short surface scrapes could be seen on Google Earth, running diagonally across the line of the pipe and making a zig zag form. These were preliminary archaeological surveys.


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Geographical Context: Energy infrastructure Lowlands Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening Primary Subject: Works
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SU6127, 74 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Peter Facey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 21 May, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 6189 2727 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:2.4876N 1:7.1161W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SU 6205 2733
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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