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Wates unearths rare images of D-Day Mulberry harbour construction

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  1. Do you know that the harbours were named after the mulberry tree in the garden of Kingswood School, Bath? The school had been requisitioned in the war and the designers of the harbours looked out of the window and drew inspiration for a name from the mulberry tree in the garden.

  2. What a marvellous achievement and effort.

    To deliver that unique project On Time -On Budget – ON Spec was a turning point and a huge contributor to our ultimate Victory.

    It makes me very proud to be a British Constructor!!

  3. John Laing & Sons was one of the many contractors involved.

  4. And the record shows that RH Harry Stanger was entrusted with the quality control of materials and fittings for the concrete ‘Phoenix’ units of Mulberry Harbour.

  5. Great piece of engineering and thinking outside the box. Well done Wates and their design teams all those years ago.

  6. My Father, who was a Plasterer (builder) by trade, worked on the building of the Mulberry Harbours He told me about it many years after the war. Alhough we lived in Surrey, he was sent up to Liverpool to do his work.

    Is the film by Wates – Memories of Mulberry – Available to buy ?

  7. It was a privileged to work with men, both British and Polish, who had worked on the Mulberry harbours. The shuttering system was adapted by John Mowlem & Co. Ltd to produce the “all fines” system of housing which I was extensively used in the 60’s and 70’s to produce good quality homes. In Stevenage at Pin Green we were handing over thermal efficient homes complete with wall paper and curtain rails at the rate of 38 per week, can any home builder match that today?

  8. Having been a construction manager and more recently a Prof of Construction Management I am keen to hear from those with living memories of the procurement process of the mulberry project and the specifications of the materials used, for research purposes.

    Thanks in advance

    PS: fantastic archives.

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