I build swiming pools for a living.
High spec reinforced swimming pools.
This involves reinforced steelwork.
Many years ago, we built a swimming pool at Wall Park, Brixham.
One steel fixer – Fred Jones from Flint, had some interesting stories about working on the construction of the Mulberry Harbours.
He said the first ones were built with a flat bottom. On trying to float them, they had sucked onto the mud. The redesign was with a slatted base to make floating them off on the tides easier.
Can anyone confirm this please?
JG
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