EAW000125 ENGLAND (1946). Kingsway, Barton Road and the adjacent Ford Motor Company shadow factory, Davyhulme, 1946

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Title [EAW000125] Kingsway, Barton Road and the adjacent Ford Motor Company shadow factory, Davyhulme, 1946
Reference EAW000125
Date 5-April-1946
Link
Place name DAVYHULME
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 376319, 396145
Longitude / Latitude -2.3567144660193, 53.461265040577
National Grid Reference SJ763961

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Site of a 2ndWW Barrage Balloon Site, as evidence by the surface blast shelter alongside the bases of two, now removed, Nissen huts, and a further sunken air raid shelter with a blast wall covered entry. Plus the suggestion of the markings associated with the balloon handling.

redmist
Thursday 27th of June 2019 10:42:37 PM
Six engine testing bays for Merlin engines, manufactured by Ford during WW2.

redmist
Sunday 6th of January 2019 08:20:17 PM
Bent Lanes Brook, now culverted. The bridge that carries the road across it is still there.

parrot
Monday 24th of December 2018 04:47:42 PM
WW2 Camouflage Scheme

Sparky
Wednesday 30th of August 2017 11:35:01 PM
WW2 Structure TBC

Sparky
Wednesday 30th of August 2017 11:33:59 PM
WW2 Surface Blast Shelter

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Sunday 6th of August 2017 07:15:51 AM
WW2 Surface Blast Shelter

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Sunday 6th of August 2017 07:14:59 AM
WW2 Air Raid Shelter

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Sunday 6th of August 2017 07:14:31 AM
WW2 Surface Air Raid Shelter

Sparky
Sunday 6th of August 2017 07:13:40 AM
WW2 Ditch and Mound Anti Landing Obstacle

Sparky
Sunday 6th of August 2017 07:12:08 AM
WW2 Camouflage Scheme

Sparky
Sunday 6th of August 2017 07:09:15 AM

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Saturday 20th of September 2014 03:39:43 PM

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Sunday 27th of July 2014 08:58:11 PM

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Sunday 27th of July 2014 08:57:10 PM

phloberts
Sunday 27th of July 2014 08:54:19 PM

boltie
Monday 21st of April 2014 07:54:11 AM
Yes, definitely Rivers Lane.

phloberts
Sunday 27th of July 2014 08:49:53 PM

phloberts
Thursday 27th of August 2015 11:21:10 PM
yes rivers lane

phloberts
Monday 25th of April 2016 01:40:19 PM
Definitely Rivers Lane

phloberts
Tuesday 16th of April 2019 01:27:12 PM

User Comment Contributions

This is another shadow factory there where 3= x,y and z

Rick
Friday 18th of December 2015 08:39:48 PM