MULBERRY HARBOUR. APRIL 1944, WEYMOUTH AND MARCHWOOD. TWO HUGE PREFABRICATED HARBOURS USED ON THE NORMANDY COAST AFTER THE INVASION WERE CONSTRUCTED IN PARTS, TOWED ACROSS THE CHANNEL AND SET DOWN. THE HARBOURS CONSISTED OF HUGE CONCRETE CAISSONS SET DOWN TO FORM THE BREAKWATER, FLOATING PIERS AND PIERHEADS, AS WELL AS 15 OBSOLETE SHIPS USED AS A PRELIMINARY HARBOUR ARM. - Lieut Cdr R A Lochner, RNVR, who originally proposed the floating breakwater (Bombardon) and led the team that developed it, at work on graphs which record the amount of swell, at the "Hut" (Short Lake House, Weymouth) where
MULBERRY HARBOUR. APRIL 1944, WEYMOUTH AND MARCHWOOD. TWO HUGE PREFABRICATED HARBOURS USED ON THE NORMANDY COAST AFTER THE INVASION WERE CONSTRUCTED IN PARTS, TOWED ACROSS THE CHANNEL AND SET DOWN. THE HARBOURS CONSISTED OF HUGE CONCRETE CAISSONS SET DOWN TO FORM THE BREAKWATER, FLOATING PIERS AND PIERHEADS, AS WELL AS 15 OBSOLETE SHIPS USED AS A PRELIMINARY HARBOUR ARM. - Lieut Cdr R A Lochner, RNVR, who originally proposed the floating breakwater (Bombardon) and led the team that developed it, at work on graphs which record the amount of swell, at the "Hut" (Short Lake House, Weymouth) where the scientists connected with the experiment worked and lived for two months
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