All of the machinery is at the newly-refurbished Scapa Flow museum at Lyness on Hoy. It is built in and around a former oil pumping station from WW2, when Scapa Flow was the base for the Home Fleet of the Royal Navy.
Pictures number 9 and 10 are in the pumping station, and shows some of the machinery used to pump oil between the oil tanks, and from the tanks to the ships.
Picture number 11 is a steam crane, on a short length of railway track. It was used for lifting equipment.
The excavations are at the Ness of Brodgar. This is a major Neolithic site that was identified about twenty years ago. Excavations have continued ever since (subject to Covid), although next year will be the last year of digging. Orkney was already known for its Neolithic remains (especially at Skara Brae, Maes Howe, the Ring of Brodgar, the Stones of Stenness, and Barnhouse Ancient Village, together forming the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney" World Heritage Site), but the Ness has hugely expanded our knowledge of the Neolithic.
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Date: 2023-09-19 08:11 am (UTC)Pictures number 9 and 10 are in the pumping station, and shows some of the machinery used to pump oil between the oil tanks, and from the tanks to the ships.
Picture number 11 is a steam crane, on a short length of railway track. It was used for lifting equipment.
The excavations are at the Ness of Brodgar. This is a major Neolithic site that was identified about twenty years ago. Excavations have continued ever since (subject to Covid), although next year will be the last year of digging. Orkney was already known for its Neolithic remains (especially at Skara Brae, Maes Howe, the Ring of Brodgar, the Stones of Stenness, and Barnhouse Ancient Village, together forming the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney" World Heritage Site), but the Ness has hugely expanded our knowledge of the Neolithic.