| Picture No: | 300 |
| Courtesy of: | Barry Yates |
| Year: | 1946 |
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Blockhouse in village
This photo was taken in May 1946 when the road to the shore was being contructed, but it shows one blockhouse in the village that I have not seen in other photos. It is now the bus turning circle. There is another square building overlooking the river by the pub, but I am unsure what it was. It is interesting to note how low the floodbank was.
Picture Added on 08 February 2011.
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Fascinating photo. This blockhouse can be seen in the distance in the sister picture photo 18 'Building the shore road' It must have been removed when the old bus turning circle was moved from its position in front of the pub (still visible in part today) by the other square building above.
Added by Geoff Pope on 15 June 2011.
Added by Geoff Pope on 15 June 2011.
I remember very well the circular foundation in front of William the Conqueror (it is now partly under the flood wall and partly under the pub seating area. It was indeed used as the bus turning point up to c.1970's.
There was another foundation on the flat area near the mast over the road from the Black House (Gerry Blattman's house).
In July 1939 Rye Harbour came under the Admiralty’s Dover Command. In June 1945 The first petrol pipeline to France under operation PLUTO (PipeLine Under The Ocean - originally Pipe-Line Underwater Transportation of Oil) was completed from Dungeness to Ambleteuse to supply the Allied Forces in France.
The circular foundation was for oil storage tanks as part of PLUTO. There used to be the remains of a PLUTO pipeline that ran along the river bed to the harbour mouth from this storage area and I remember well exploring this with my dad Alec at low tides. I don't suppose there is any of that left now.
Added by Cric@blueyonder.co.uk on 12 February 2019.
There was another foundation on the flat area near the mast over the road from the Black House (Gerry Blattman's house).
In July 1939 Rye Harbour came under the Admiralty’s Dover Command. In June 1945 The first petrol pipeline to France under operation PLUTO (PipeLine Under The Ocean - originally Pipe-Line Underwater Transportation of Oil) was completed from Dungeness to Ambleteuse to supply the Allied Forces in France.
The circular foundation was for oil storage tanks as part of PLUTO. There used to be the remains of a PLUTO pipeline that ran along the river bed to the harbour mouth from this storage area and I remember well exploring this with my dad Alec at low tides. I don't suppose there is any of that left now.
Added by Cric@blueyonder.co.uk on 12 February 2019.
Added by Jackie White on 02 March 2011.