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| Picture No | 10218103 |
| Date | 1944 |
| Description | Mulberry Caisson under construction; Second World War, 1944 |
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A steel and concrete 'Mulberry' caisson under construction on the South Coast of Britain during 1944. When the Allied Armies invaded Normandy in June 1944, they required the use of a port to unload supplies quickly. The Allied commanders decided to take a pre-fabricated port, made of caissons such as the one pictured, and build it at Arromanches Beach.
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| Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 28 October 1944, page 492 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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