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Mulberry at Leith
Unknown, 1944, Reproduction
Mulberry at Leith
Mulberry at Leith
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Item no
37650
Title
Mulberry at Leith
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1944
Size
12.7 x 20.2 cm
Type
Reproduction
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The Mulberry harbours were two portable harbours, Mulberry A and Mulberry B, which were transported in sections to the coast of Normandy so that stores and reinforcements for the D-day landings in June 1944 could be offloaded onto the beaches. They were intended for use until a French port could be captured. Mulberry B was abandoned early due to storm damage but Mulberry A was used for ten months after D-day.
The majority of the construction work took place at Leith, on the shoreline between Western Harbour and the former Henry Robb & Co shipbuilding yards (where Ocean Terminal is now).
The third launch took place on 11th March. Six weeks later - Sunday 30th April, the ninth pierhead took the water.
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Leith Miscellany Vol VI
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Piers and wharves
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