An image showing 'N25397; Four Phoenix reinforced concrete caissons under construction in C Lock, Portsmouth Dockyard. The main 'hull' of each unit is complete and the construction of the 'superstructure' on each unit is well under way. A large number of floating pontoons are in the lock. The lock is flooded and the photographer is looking east-by-south from a crane on the north side of the east end of the lock.'

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Phoenix units under construction in C Lock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Four Phoenix reinforced concrete caissons under construction in C Lock, Portsmouth Dockyard. The main 'hull' of each unit is complete and the construction of the 'superstructure' on each unit is well under way. A large number of floating pontoons are in the lock. The lock is flooded and the photographer is looking east-by-south from a crane on the north side of the east end of the lock. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P19/44 has been written in the bottom left corner of the negative.

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Object details

ID:	N25397
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	13 March 1944
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm