View from SW of ancilliary building.
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Detail from WSW showing wall construction and outflow pipe of water tank.
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View from SSW of ancilliary building above tunnels.
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View from SW of ancilliary structures SW of the tunnels.
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View from NW of small covered reservoir.
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Interior, detail of valve and access chamber showing of valve gear and pipes from main tanks.
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Interior, view to end of piping tunnel.
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Interior. Detail of main valve wheel.
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Interior. View of chamber at top of shaft leading to Tank No.5.
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Interior. View through exit pipes to interior of oil tank no.5.
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Interior. Detail of back plate for oil pipes with trolley.
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Interior. View of tank 6, showing details of the system of heating elements
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Interior. View of the ceiling at the SW end of tank 1, showing the location of the access platform and to the left is the dipping hole marked by a smear of oil on the ceiling.
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Interior. Detail of oil gauge on side of shft.
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Interior. View of service tunnel beside the access to tank 2
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Interior. View of the service tunnel between tanks 5 and 6, at the point where the tunnel turns 90 degrees to the left.
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View from SW of electricity generating sub-station building showing surviving camouflage pattern .
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View from SSE of ancilliary building.
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Detail from SW showing stone revetting to the W of service tunnel.
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View from NW of sub-divided small concrete tank.
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Detail of portal for the piping tunnel.
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Detail of small flow control tank below main tank.
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Interior. Detail of upper part of rock-cut part of tunnel.
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Interior. View in stone cut section of the service tunnel of RCAHMS staff member Ian Anderson.
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Oblique aerial view of Inchindown, looking NNW.
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Interior showing small winch gear and bottom of oil guage.
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Interior, detail of lower portion of sample oil guage within an access chamber.
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Interior, view within access tunnel.
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Interior, within access tunnel, Mr Allan Kilpatrick (RCAHMS) and Mr Matt Ritchie (Forestry Commission) exitiing.
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Interior, view of access alcove with exit pipes from one of the main oil tanks. In addition a plaque commemorating the completion in 1941.
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Interior, detail of dated commemorative plaque on main oil tank.
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Interior view back to entrance of access tunnel.
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Detail of small sign on electricty supply pole.
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Interior. Detail in chamber at top of shaft leading to Tank No.5 showing remains of fixings.
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Interior. Detail of corrugated iron replacemnt door leading to tank access.
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Interior. Detail of brickwork alterations in main tunnel.
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Interior. Detail of metal gaskets for pipes with graffiti covered wall.
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Interior. View of the service tunnel between tanks 1 and 2
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Interior. View from the SW end of tank 1. Visible at the far end, is a figure of a man, demonstrating the scale and size of tank 1
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Detail of the entrance to the access tunnel.
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Detail of top of ventilation shaft of underground access tunnel chamber showing louvred openings.
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General view from SSE of the portal to the piping tunnel.
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Interior, detail of switchgear equipment at entrance to piping tunnel.
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Interior, view through exit pipe in end wall of one of the main oil tanks.
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Interior, detail of access tunnel roof lighting fixture.
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Interior. Detail of main oil pipe to tank.
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General oblique aerial view from the Inchindown oil storage tanks with Invergordon in the distance, looking SSE.
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General view from SSE of access tunnel portal.
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Detail of the entrance to the access tunnel. Royal Navy fuel tank, Inchindown.
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General view from SSE of access tunnel portal.
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View from NW of water tank.
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Interior, view of chamber at entrance to piping tunnel.
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Interior view of piping tunnel from entrance are showing bunker oil heaters.
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Interior view of main piping tunnel.
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Interior. Detail of shaft metal ladder to top of tank number 5.
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Interior. Detail of cleasing access pipe chamber to tank no.5.
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Oblique aerial view of Inchindown oil storage site, showing buildings on the surface, filter beds, square water reservoir and a trackway running from middle to top of photograph which ran between the two tunnel portals and to the spoil heap at the top of the image, taken from the ENE.
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Interior. View of the service tunnel between tanks 5 and 6, at the point where the tunnel turns 90 degrees to the left.
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Interior. View of tank 1 from the NE end. The dismantled heating elements are propped up against the tank walls
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Interior. Details of SW end of tank 1, showing the 18-inch diameter swing arm pipe through which the oil entered and exited the tank. Also visible are the heating elements still in situ
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Detail of corrugated iron cover to water tank showing access hatches.
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Detail of ancilliary water tank with sluice.
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Interior, detail of abandoned equipment near the entrance to the piping tunnel.
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Interior. View of chamber at top of shaft leading to Tank No.5.
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Interior. View from top platform looking down into tank No.5 showing some of the heating elements.
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Interior. View of main tunnel showing brick work.
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Interior. View of tank 6, showing details of the system of heating elements
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View from SE of electricity generating sub-station building showing surviving camouflage pattern
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Interior of valve and winch gear chamber.
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Interior, view to end of piping tunnel.
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Interior, within access tunnel, Mr Allan Kilpatrick (RCAHMS) and Mr Matt Ritchie (Forestry Commission) exitiing.
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Interior showing detail of pipe end plate and view into one of the main oil tanks, Royal Naval Fuel Tanks, Inchindown.
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Interior. Detail of main oil pipe to tank.
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Interior. View in service tunnel of RCAHMS staff member Ian Anderson.
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Organisation: Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
Alternative name(s): Inchindoun; Invergordon Oil Fuel Depot
Canmore ID: 173294
Site type: Oil Storage Tank(s) (20th Century)
County: Ross And Cromarty
Parish: Rosskeen
Council: Highland