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About 1 foot of steel protruding from south bank of reservoir by footpath. Circular hole in top to receive wire cable. [Possible that steel drums were suspended by cable to ride on top of water over the reservoir]. These were anti-seaplane precautions.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/08/10)
Type of site | ANTI SEAPLANE OBSTACLE |
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Location | Bosley Reservoir, Bosley. |
Area |
Bosley, Cheshire, England |
Grid reference |
SJ 923 656
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1986)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Steel |
Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
Photographs | (1) - general view taken as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy) |
DOB site reference: | S0000205 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/08/10 |