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of the Thames at Barking and Belvedere | of the Thames at Barking and Belvedere | ||
which were then flooded and the caissons | which were then flooded and the caissons | ||
towed upstream for completion in the docks.<ref> | towed upstream for completion in the docks.<ref>Obituary of Sir Cyril Kirkpatrick</ref> | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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Partnership of Cyril Reginald Sutton Kirkpatrick, J. D. C. Couper and Jack Duvivier
WWII: responsible to the Ministry of Supply for the construction of thirty-three concrete "Phoenix" caissons for the Mulberry Harbour. Most of them were constructed in East India Import Dock and the South Dock of Surrey Commercial Docks, which were dewatered during the period of construction and flooded when the caissons were substantially complete and could be finished afloat, but a number were partially constructed in basins excavated in the banks of the Thames at Barking and Belvedere which were then flooded and the caissons towed upstream for completion in the docks.[1]
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- ↑ Obituary of Sir Cyril Kirkpatrick