The first pierhead launched from Leith

Category

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Item no

37635

Title

The first pierhead launched from Leith

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1944

Size

12.5 x 19.7 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 pierhead was built in four weeks, as against four months taken to build the prototype on the Clyde.

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Transport > Infrastructure > Piers and wharves