EAW003783 ENGLAND (1947). Flooding at Windsor and Eton centred upon The Brocas, Windsor, 1947

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Title [EAW003783] Flooding at Windsor and Eton centred upon The Brocas, Windsor, 1947
Reference EAW003783
Date 19-March-1947
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Place name WINDSOR
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 496399, 177114
Longitude / Latitude -0.61153466253576, 51.484267546949
National Grid Reference SU964771

Pins

Former Imperial Service College Boathouse

Thamesweb
Thursday 8th of February 2024 10:37:35 PM
Ack-ack tower on east side of The Brocas

Thamesweb
Thursday 8th of February 2024 10:35:25 PM
This photo was taken at the peak of the floods on Wednesday 19th March 1947 when the river was 6' 9" above normal. This pin locates the landing area in Alma Road served by amphibious vehicles, the 'ducks' (DUKWs), which Windsor had secured for residents' use in getting about through the floods. There is an extensive contemporary account of the floods here: http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorhistory/floods47.html

Thamesweb
Sunday 15th of December 2013 11:40:00 AM
This is the Kipling Memorial Building which dates from 1939 and which was built for Imperial Service College. Sadly the war forced the college to leave Windsor and rejoin USC at Hertford. This 1947 flood view clearly shows three air-raid shelters in the school grounds, two aligned on the north side, and one to the west. http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorhistory/isc.html The extent of the flooding south of Clarence Road is also clearly seen

Thamesweb
Sunday 15th of December 2013 12:11:24 AM