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Fortified footbridge over railway line. 10 x loopholes cut into the steel plate of the sides, two on the S side of the W end, and two on the N side, three on the S side of the E end, and three on the N side of the E end. 12ins x 6ins x 1,5ins (thick), in centre of panels, approx 4ft 11ins from base, 1ft 9ins from top, 1ft 1in from sides of panels.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/03/31)
10 x loopholes cut into the steel plate of a footbridge.
(Source: SMR )


      

        Type of site
        LOOPHOLED WALL
      

      

        Location
        Footbridge over railway line from Waterloo to the old Terminus Station and Docks, connecting Marsh Lane (W side) with Chantry Road (E side), City of Southampton.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Southampton, Southampton, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 427 113
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Steel
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Development (Immediate) 
Detail: The footbridge is currently (12/01) threatened with dismantlement for a new one to be built. The civil engineers behind this project (Southampton University) have enquired as to the historic importance of the bridge, so it is hoped that the rebuild can include the 1940 elements.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Wylie, A.E.
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Southampton anti-tank island - Anti-invasion defences of Southampton (Western Command) anti-tank island.
[GHQ and Comd: Cassini U83. 5 Corps Operation Instruction No.41 of 5.9.40 - PRO WO 166/249]. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of LOOPHOLED WALL - S0012720
         

     (3) - site views (1 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0012720

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Hampshire SMR (ref: SU41SW 98)
        
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1998/03/31 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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