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 |
| Link | |
| 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 |