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National Geographic : 1977 Apr
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647 FEET 556- .... - 555 FEET 456 Vave-breaking |1*f FEET perforations WASHINGTON MONUMENT DIAGRAMBY NATIONALGEOGRAPHICARTDIVISION Cathedral for the age of oil rises in dry dock (left) at Loch Kishorn, Scotland. Under con struction by the Anglo-French firm of Howard Doris Limited, it will serve as the master pro duction platform for the Ninian field off the Shetland Islands. Perforations in the massive 455-foot-diameter base and at the waterline (above) will reduce the effects of currents and waves. When towed to sea in the sum mer of 1977, it will briefly be come, at 550,000 tons, the world's largest man-made floating object. As with Condeeps, it will then be sunk to rest on the bottom of the North Sea. The application of new tech nologies on such a scale far ex ceeds what could have been imagined ten years ago. 529
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