Possible, WWII Public Air Raid Shelter, Nr Harbour Road, Oulton Broad, TM 5269 9305.
A brick built structure with a reinforced concrete roof, resembling a World War II Public Air Raid Shelter (www.flickr.com/photos/139375961@N08/shares/68e89F7295) positioned in the corner of a fenced of paddock, or possibly built for utility purposes, unable to find any records to confirm.
(Typical examples of World War II Public Air Raid Shelters were built of 14in thick brick walls, with a 12in reinforced flat concrete roof. It has two entrances, there were probably internal blast walls, dividing the shelter into two or three chambers. The overall external dimensions very, but normally around 36ft long by 13ft 4in width and 7ft 6in high, designed to accommodate up to fifty people.)
The building is positioned on the corner of the track near a jetty, beside this are small blocks of concrete (flic.kr/p/2kniEQF) which may have formed a roadblock, as they are to small to be anti-tank blocks, unlike the ones a little further up at the beginning of a ½ mile stretch of anti-tank barrier (flic.kr/p/2hCPsUc).
World War II defences around this area, consisted of an anti-tank ditch system, barbed wire obstructions, anti-tank scaffolding and lines of anti-tank blocks, and associated defences, including pillboxes, gun emplacements, slit trenches and weapons pits, encircled Lowestoft and ran along this section of the East Coast from Corton to Pakefield. The defences were split into two sections, with Lake Lothing and Oulton Broad forming a natural break in the defensive line. The northern section surrounded the northern perimeter of Lowestoft, from the Lowestoft Denes to Lake Lothing and Oulton Broad and then runs south from Oulton Broad Lowestoft to Pakefield.
World War II Air Raid Shelters, were structures built for the protection of military and non-military personnel against enemy air attacks. They were similar to bunkers in many ways, although they were not designed to defend against ground attack. Prior to World War II, in May 1924, an Air Raid Precautions Committee was set up in the United Kingdom. For years, little progress was made with shelters because of the apparently irreconcilable conflict between the need to send the public underground for shelter and the need to keep them above ground for protection against gas attacks. In February 1936 the Home Secretary appointed a technical Committee on Structural Precautions against air attack.
By November 1937, there had only been slow progress, because of a serious lack of information on which to base any design recommendations and the committee proposed that the Home Office should have its own department for research into Structural Precautions, rather than relying on research work done by the Bombing Test Committee to support the development of bomb design and strategy. This proposal was eventually implemented in January 1939. During the Munich Crisis, Local Authorities dug trenches to provide shelter. After the crisis, the British Government decided to make these a 'permanent feature' with a standard design of precast concrete trench lining. Unfortunately these turned out to perform very poorly. They also decided to issue free to poorer households the ''Anderson Shelter'' and to provide steel props to create shelters in suitable basements.
In the United Kingdom, it was recognised early on that Public Air Raid Shelters in open spaces, especially near streets, were urgently needed for pedestrians, drivers and passengers in passing vehicles, etc. The programme of building Public Air Raid Shelters commenced in March 1940, the government supplying the materials, and being the moving force behind the scheme, with private builders executing the work under the supervision of surveyors. These shelters consisted of 14in brick walls and 12in reinforced concrete roofs, similarly to, but much larger than, the Private Air Raid Shelters in backyards and gardens being introduced slightly later. The Public Air Raid Shelters were usually intended to accommodate about fifty persons, and were divided into various sections by interior walls with openings connecting the different sections, which were normally furnished with six bunk beds.
The construction work then went on rapidly, until the resources of concrete and bricks began to be depleted due to the excessive demand placed on them so suddenly. Also, the performance of the early Public Air Raid Shelters had a serious blow to public confidence. Their walls were shaken down either by earth shock or blast, and the concrete roofs then fell onto the helpless occupants, and this was there for all to see. At around the same time rumours of accidents started to circulate, such as on one occasion people being drowned due to a burst main filling up the Shelter with water. Although much improved designs were being introduced whose performance had been demonstrated in explosion trials, Public Air Raid Shelters became highly unpopular, and shortly afterwards householders were being encouraged to build or have built Private Air Raid Shelters on their properties, or within their houses, with materials being supplied by the government.
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_raid_shelter
Possible, WWII Public Air Raid Shelter, Nr Harbour Road, Oulton Broad, TM 5269 9305.
A brick built structure with a reinforced concrete roof, resembling a World War II Public Air Raid Shelter (www.flickr.com/photos/139375961@N08/shares/68e89F7295) positioned in the corner of a fenced of paddock, or possibly built for utility purposes, unable to find any records to confirm.
(Typical examples of World War II Public Air Raid Shelters were built of 14in thick brick walls, with a 12in reinforced flat concrete roof. It has two entrances, there were probably internal blast walls, dividing the shelter into two or three chambers. The overall external dimensions very, but normally around 36ft long by 13ft 4in width and 7ft 6in high, designed to accommodate up to fifty people.)
The building is positioned on the corner of the track near a jetty, beside this are small blocks of concrete (flic.kr/p/2kniEQF) which may have formed a roadblock, as they are to small to be anti-tank blocks, unlike the ones a little further up at the beginning of a ½ mile stretch of anti-tank barrier (flic.kr/p/2hCPsUc).
World War II defences around this area, consisted of an anti-tank ditch system, barbed wire obstructions, anti-tank scaffolding and lines of anti-tank blocks, and associated defences, including pillboxes, gun emplacements, slit trenches and weapons pits, encircled Lowestoft and ran along this section of the East Coast from Corton to Pakefield. The defences were split into two sections, with Lake Lothing and Oulton Broad forming a natural break in the defensive line. The northern section surrounded the northern perimeter of Lowestoft, from the Lowestoft Denes to Lake Lothing and Oulton Broad and then runs south from Oulton Broad Lowestoft to Pakefield.
World War II Air Raid Shelters, were structures built for the protection of military and non-military personnel against enemy air attacks. They were similar to bunkers in many ways, although they were not designed to defend against ground attack. Prior to World War II, in May 1924, an Air Raid Precautions Committee was set up in the United Kingdom. For years, little progress was made with shelters because of the apparently irreconcilable conflict between the need to send the public underground for shelter and the need to keep them above ground for protection against gas attacks. In February 1936 the Home Secretary appointed a technical Committee on Structural Precautions against air attack.
By November 1937, there had only been slow progress, because of a serious lack of information on which to base any design recommendations and the committee proposed that the Home Office should have its own department for research into Structural Precautions, rather than relying on research work done by the Bombing Test Committee to support the development of bomb design and strategy. This proposal was eventually implemented in January 1939. During the Munich Crisis, Local Authorities dug trenches to provide shelter. After the crisis, the British Government decided to make these a 'permanent feature' with a standard design of precast concrete trench lining. Unfortunately these turned out to perform very poorly. They also decided to issue free to poorer households the ''Anderson Shelter'' and to provide steel props to create shelters in suitable basements.
In the United Kingdom, it was recognised early on that Public Air Raid Shelters in open spaces, especially near streets, were urgently needed for pedestrians, drivers and passengers in passing vehicles, etc. The programme of building Public Air Raid Shelters commenced in March 1940, the government supplying the materials, and being the moving force behind the scheme, with private builders executing the work under the supervision of surveyors. These shelters consisted of 14in brick walls and 12in reinforced concrete roofs, similarly to, but much larger than, the Private Air Raid Shelters in backyards and gardens being introduced slightly later. The Public Air Raid Shelters were usually intended to accommodate about fifty persons, and were divided into various sections by interior walls with openings connecting the different sections, which were normally furnished with six bunk beds.
The construction work then went on rapidly, until the resources of concrete and bricks began to be depleted due to the excessive demand placed on them so suddenly. Also, the performance of the early Public Air Raid Shelters had a serious blow to public confidence. Their walls were shaken down either by earth shock or blast, and the concrete roofs then fell onto the helpless occupants, and this was there for all to see. At around the same time rumours of accidents started to circulate, such as on one occasion people being drowned due to a burst main filling up the Shelter with water. Although much improved designs were being introduced whose performance had been demonstrated in explosion trials, Public Air Raid Shelters became highly unpopular, and shortly afterwards householders were being encouraged to build or have built Private Air Raid Shelters on their properties, or within their houses, with materials being supplied by the government.
Sourced from:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_raid_shelter