Sujet

View along the Esplanade from beside a shelter, showing Admiralty scaffolding, Shanklin, IoW, 1945. Creator: George R Long.

Légende

Looking north along the Esplanade from beside a shelter, showing Admiralty scaffolding (Obstacle Z.1) erected on the beach below with weeds and rubble along the promenade, Shanklin, Isle Of Wight, 1945.

Date

1945

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM26A05_404

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

106,3Mo (9,6Mo) / 63,2cm x 42,1cm / 7466 x 4977 (300dpi)

Mots clés

sea coast England beach coastal country scaffold scaffolding British geography English defence defences esplanade 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 beach shelter 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