Sujet

Looking north-east over the beach at Shanklin, showing Admiralty scaffolding, Isle Of Wight, 1945. Creator: George R Long.

Légende

A view looking north-east over the beach at Shanklin, showing two rows of Admiralty scaffolding (Obstacle Z.1) erected in front of the Esplanade, with Shanklin Pier in the background, Isle Of Wight, 1945.

Date

1945

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM26A05_403

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

105,8Mo (9,2Mo) / 63,0cm x 42,1cm / 7442 x 4968 (300dpi)

Mots clés

sea coast England beach coastal country pier scaffold scaffolding British geography English defence defences esplanade war location Victorian 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