Mulberry Harbour 24688_027

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Two blocks of Mulberry Harbour, Portland Harbour, Dorset. This modular design enabled two complete prefabricated harbours to be towed across the channel, assembled and operational within days of D-Day in 1944. These two surviving Phoenix caissons are constructed of reinforced concrete and were designed to act as breakwaters. They are now Listed Buildings
Media ID 19148681
Date: 19th July 2019
Copyright Status: Copyrighted Work
Urgency (1-8) 5=normal: 5
Source: Historic England Archive
Owner URL: images.historicenglandservices.org.uk
Job Title: Photographer
Credit: © Historic England Archive. Dam
Image Size: 4992 x 3328 Pixels
Filesize is 1.44MB
Associated Categories: England at War 1939-45
Keywords: harbour, listed grade ii, second world war, ww2