EAW001553 ENGLAND (1946). Housing at The Close, Haw Wood and the surrounding countryside, Catbrain, 1946

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Title [EAW001553] Housing at The Close, Haw Wood and the surrounding countryside, Catbrain, 1946
Reference EAW001553
Date 15-July-1946
Link
Place name CATBRAIN
Parish ALMONDSBURY
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 356577, 180134
Longitude / Latitude -2.6258858833574, 51.517974424114
National Grid Reference ST566801

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FUEL STORAGE SITE: e43431

Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com
Monday 21st of November 2022 06:39:47 PM
Entrance to Henbury Station and Yard.

Buzzard
Tuesday 2nd of June 2015 11:36:53 PM
Future site of Tormarton Crescent (1950s).

Buzzard
Tuesday 2nd of June 2015 11:35:50 PM
Hignell's Farm. (Demolished in early 1960s to build 'Greenlands Way' - Wimpey houses).

Buzzard
Tuesday 2nd of June 2015 11:34:13 PM

Buzzard
Tuesday 2nd of June 2015 11:30:28 PM
Hallen village.

Buzzard
Tuesday 2nd of June 2015 11:29:36 PM
Cribbs Causeway.

Buzzard
Tuesday 2nd of June 2015 11:28:03 PM
Rumneys Garage. Where we had our radio accumulators charged.

Buzzard
Tuesday 2nd of June 2015 11:25:53 PM

Buzzard
Tuesday 2nd of June 2015 11:22:57 PM
Passage Road (A4018). Much later (1960s) came a 'by-pass' round top edge of "The Close".

Buzzard
Tuesday 2nd of June 2015 11:22:07 PM
Henbury Station

bristolian
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 06:17:27 PM
This picture has at it's centre the earthworks still visible from the construction of a large number of underground fuel tanks. These tanks were constructed as part of the Cold War provisions and were part of a huge network of secret storage and distribution networks for fuel reserves in the event of a nuclear war.

NicTomkins
Wednesday 1st of January 2014 03:31:46 PM
The image is 1946 so these tanks were built as part of the Air Ministry's distributed fuel depot network. Originally deliveries would have been by rail and lorry not pipeline. The depot was likely connected to the GPSS pipeline system in the 50's and used throughout the cold war into the 90's. The majority of these sites are now privately owned and operated by oil companies.

cptpies
Friday 10th of January 2014 09:29:10 AM