Phoenix units under construction in Admiralty Floating Dock 11 (1924) in Fountain Lake, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire
Phoenix reinforced concrete caissons in the very early stages of construction in Admiralty Floating Dock 11 (1924) in Fountain Lake, Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is looking west-north-west from the top of the east end of the south side of the dock. A concrete batching plant is at the end of the dock and steel reinforcing bars are laid on the floor of the dock. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P213/43 has been written in the bottom left corner of the negative.
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Object details
| ID: | N25327 |
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| Type: | Negative |
| Materials: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 10 December 1943 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm |