EAW038579 ENGLAND (1951). Sandown Zoo, the seafront and the town, Sandown, from the north-east, 1951. This image has been produced from a print.

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Title [EAW038579] Sandown Zoo, the seafront and the town, Sandown, from the north-east, 1951. This image has been produced from a print.
Reference EAW038579
Date 13-August-1951
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Place name SANDOWN
Parish SANDOWN
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 460786, 84728
Longitude / Latitude -1.1399366370696, 50.658471260884
National Grid Reference SZ608847

Pins

PILLBOX: S0012126

Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com
Thursday 3rd of December 2020 09:26:24 PM
The Grand Hotel, Sandown. The basement was used for the control room for the initial PLUTO line to Cherbourg in 1944.

Kentishman
Thursday 13th of August 2015 04:08:00 PM
PLUTO pump house disguised as an ice cream parlour when built. See also image EAW022216.

Kentishman
Thursday 13th of August 2015 03:51:03 PM
Casemates used to house PLUTO pumps for the invasion of France in 1944. See image EAW022216 for further details and sources.

Kentishman
Thursday 13th of August 2015 03:45:55 PM
WW2 pill box on roof of Sandown Granite Fort.

Kentishman
Thursday 13th of August 2015 03:42:52 PM

User Comment Contributions

In the foreground are Sandown Granite Fort, the Grand Hotel and the dummy ice cream parlour which were all part of the PLUTO line supplying fuel for the liberation of France in 1944. See also image EAW022216.

Kentishman
Thursday 13th of August 2015 03:55:18 PM