Jack Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 What are those buildings/structured circled in red? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 The thing on the left is a: Bombardons: A number of ideas were considered for breakwaters. The first of these involved the use of compressed air. Perforated pipes were to be laid on the sea bottom around the area to be protected and compressed pumped through it. The result was a calm area within which ships were able to discharge at the piers. Although the principle was quite sound, the trials proved that the pipes would be moved in any heavy swell and that an enormous amount of power was required (at least 1.5 million horse-power for an area half that required). Robert Lochner, who was in charge of this project, thought about what the were trying to achieve and realised that waves were in fact only surface deep and, therefore, only a shallow barrier was required. From experiments in his garden pond with a lilo, Lochner and his team went on to produce a floating, steel hollow cruciform “tube” which would form a suitable breakwater (code name Bombardon - to suggest a link with anti-aircraft defences) http://www.hksw.org/despatches_107_1_a.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 The other bit could be a Whale. These were pontoons with legs that could be dropped to fix to the sand but allow the pontoon to float up and down. I'd suggest this picture was taken after the storm had wrecked most of the equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean N Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I don't think it can be part of a Whale. It looks to be correctly set up, not part of some wreckage, and appears to be two temporary structures on top of each other with a ladder up to the top one, on some sort of proper base or cleared area and perhaps with a large aerial or similar. There were various control towers for those in charge of movements on the beach to observe and marshall vehicles and ships - could it be one of those control towers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 The other bit could be a Whale. These were pontoons with legs that could be dropped to fix to the sand but allow the pontoon to float up and down. I'd suggest this picture was taken after the storm had wrecked most of the equipment. The American Mulberry of which the Whale was a part was at Omaha and although it was destroyed in the storm I doubt any of it would wash up on Utah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzaw Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 def looks like a beachmaster control tower or similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 def looks like a beachmaster control tower or similar I think you might be right. Telegraph pole alongside would correspond with that. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I love these threads!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 What are those buildings/structured circled in red? Does it say anything on the back of the photo? Were you just studying the photo and thought "hey, i wonder what that is"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I send him this picture and then Jack thought (which is something special in any case) what are those things! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 I send him this picture and then Jack thought (which is something special in any case) what are those things! :-D Oi watch it. Like many of us, we have all seen thousands of images of the beaches - mainly US (not sure why we don't have as many of the Brit beaches) but I have never seen a tower like that before. It reminded me of the life guard towers on the US beaches - you know, like in Bay Watch :undecided: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 - you know, like in Bay Watch :undecided: Do I remember Bay Watch? :red: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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