Sujet

Looking south along a line of Admiralty scaffolding, Shanklin beach, Isle Of Wight, 1940-46. Creator: George R Long.

Légende

Looking south along the beach at Shanklin along a long line of Admiralty scaffolding (Obstacle Z.1) erected in front of the Esplanade, Isle Of Wight, 1940-1946. Admiralty scaffolding (Obstacle Z.1) was also known as beach scaffolding. It was erected during the Second World War in order to prevent the landing of tanks and boats on the beaches of southern Britain.

Date

1940

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM26A05_402

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

89,9Mo (9,1Mo) / 46,1cm x 48,9cm / 5444 x 5774 (300dpi)

Mots clés

sea coast England beach coastal country scaffold scaffolding British geography English defence cliff cliffs defences war location century Britain invasion wartime concept channel isle of wight admiralty B&W 1940s obstacle English Channel Forties World War II World War two WWII invading black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century decade geographical feature Second World War Shanklin TGN WW2 photograph 2nd World War anti-tank obstacle Historic England Historic England George R Long Long George R