Monument record MDO23082 - Torpedo Pier, Whitehead Torpedo Factory, Ferrybridge, Weymouth

Pier associated with Whitehead's Torpedo Factory first shown on an Ordnance Survey map of 1930. A pier is visible at this location on aerial photographs of Wyke Regis taken in the 1940's. Submerged remains of this structure are still visible on the recent aerial images.

Pier associated with Whitehead's Torpedo Factory first shown on an Ordnance Survey map of 1930. (1)

A pier is visible at this location on aerial photographs of Wyke Regis taken in the 1940's (2-3). This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). Submerged remains of this structure are still visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project (4).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1923-33, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three (Map). SDO11595.

<2> Royal Air Force, 24-JAN-1942, RAF/S740 5001-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13113.

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 F36 3428-29 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13109.

<4> Channel Coastal Observatory, 15-OCT-2010, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12622.

Record last edited

Jan 3 2014 3:25PM