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Series
War Office: Mulberry Harbour: Photographs
Catalogue reference: WO 240
What's it about?
WO 240
A miscellaneous collection of 1,388 photographs of the Mulberry Harbour in various stages of construction and while being towed across the Channel.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 240
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Mulberry Harbour: Photographs
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Date (When the record was created)
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No date [1944?]
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Description (What the record is about)
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A miscellaneous collection of 1,388 photographs of the Mulberry Harbour in various stages of construction and while being towed across the Channel.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The original piece numbers (1-1388) have been retained only as sub-numbers to maintain the order of the photographs in the two boxes which comprise the series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related papers see pieces 377-382 and 947-957 in: WO 219
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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War Office, 1855-1964
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 photograph(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Most of the photographs bear a B, BU or H reference number on the reverse. The Imperial War Museum has descriptive catalogues corresponding to these references, and will supply copies from their collection of negatives.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Mulberry Harbour was the artificial harbour which was prefabricated in Britain, towed across the English Channel and assembled off the Normandy coast to provide port facilities in support of the Allied Forces invading Europe in June 1944.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14446/
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