HOTA featured in The Times
Hull Industries featured in ‘The Times’ newspaper last week in a supplement sponsored by Hull Bondholders. One of the companies was HOTA, and I was pleased to have one of my images featured. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
A new addition to the fleet
My friend Paul Hill of Paul Hill Domestic Appliances has just added a new van to the company Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Process Rig Opens
I’ve been working with HETA for over 2 years on the building & commissioning of their Process Training Rig located at the Hull site. The rig was officially opened on Friday morning by Lord Haskins of Skidby who represents the Humber LEP. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Testing in the dark
This picture shows HETA Process Training Rig which is now operational. The outdoor area of the rig has the capacity to offer Plant Maintenance in Electrical & Mechanical as well as Safe Isolations and Joint Integrity. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Sparky
A final year apprentice working at the HETA training centre in Hull Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Object of Desire
Preston Honda, Blackpool Road, Preston. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Let their be LED light
I photographed some LED lightbulb’s recently, this was the first time I’d seen them and although expensive when they are more widely adopted the price tag should become more affordable. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Clipstone pit stocks
If you ever pass by Clipstone village Nottinghamshire, you’ll see the mighty Clipstone pit stocks, part of the now decommissioned coal pit. The structures are massive and can be seen from well outside the village. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Sake
Here’s another image from 2002, Japanese company Nippon Gohsei, celebrate the groundbreaking of a new industrial plant in East Yorkshire by breaking a barrel of Sake Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
The end of a chemical plant
My ongoing update to my image archive revealed this shot from 2002 showing the guts of a decommissioned chemical plant, I’m sure the scrap man would love to get his hands on all that metalwork. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
British Extracting Company
British Extracting Company works, Bankside industrial area along the River Hull Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Future Generation
Students listen to an ambassador specialising in tidal power at the Future Generation – The Energy Conference organised by HETA Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Safe Breaker
When you loose the key or forget the combination their is only one way in! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
The Golden Key
Spent Thursday working at a locksmiths and this box of key blanks caught my eye. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
-25 & Freezing
It doesn’t seem like 4 years ago that the food giant Birds Eye closed its Hessle road plant in Hull. I was involved in the decommissioning process, taking pictures of pea processing equipment being removed and re homed to a smaller plant in the city. The big problem for me was working the blast freezer [...]
2 Years ago – tomatoes
So two years ago I was photographing this tomato handling machine, I also combined the the still images with a little filming. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Electrical Testing
Some situations present unique challenges, working in a very small room full of electrical equipment certainly did, I give thanks for portable flash and extreme wide angle lenses. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Tug close up
Svitzer Valiant about to take a tow Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Electrical Installation
In the early part of my career I would have considered myself an Industrial photographer, I don’t do as much now but I really enjoy the challenge when this type of work comes my way. This image shows an apprentice working on the electrical installation for a training chemical rig. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on [...]
Cool Cutter
An engineering apprentice using a plasma cutter at HETA Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
100 tons
The crane on the right is built into the dockside it was steam-driven with a lifting capacity of 100 tons!, Alexandra dock Hull Circa 1984. I often used to visit the dock in the early 80′s, it had been mothballed in 1982. The place felt like a sleeping giant which was eventually awoken in 1992, [...]
Man and chemical machine
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