Monument record MDO23079 - Whitehead Torpedo Factory, Ferrybridge, Weymouth

A torpedo factory built in 1891. First shown on an Ordnance Survey map of 1903. Buildings and structures associated with the Whitehead torpedo factory are visible on aerial photographs of Wyke Regis taken in 1946, located at the northern end of Ferrybridge. It is probable this factory continued in use during the Second World War.

Nineteenth Century to early modern torpedo factory, built 1891, first shown on an Ordnance Survey map of 1903. <1>

WAR PRODUCTION FACTORY. SRF, with location map, site plan, 1 photograph, extra information, air raid report
Whitehead Torpedo Factory
Sea Mines
Ferrybridge
Recorder - G Matthews. <2>

Buildings and structures associated with Whitehead torpedo factory are visible on aerial photographs of Wyke Regis taken in 1946 <3-4>, located at the northern end of Ferrybridge. It is probable this factory continued in use during the Second World War. These features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). They are not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project, this area having sinve been built over by modern development.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5448-49 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13092.

<4> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 F36 3428-29 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13109.

<5> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1413265 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 13 2024 10:07AM