{"id":33,"date":"2017-02-16T13:07:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T13:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romantic-einstein.217-154-41-29.plesk.page\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2017-10-03T16:19:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T16:19:11","slug":"wwii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/?page_id=33","title":{"rendered":"World War II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During WWII locations around Garlieston including the harbour and nearby Rigg Bay were test sites for three Mulberry Harbour prototypes. This area of the Solway Firth was selected because tide and seabed conditions were similar to those to be encountered in Normandy. In addition, the remote location meant that the trials could be undertaken in secret.<\/p>\n<p>The Mulberry Harbour remains at Eggerness and Rigg Bay are now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/news\/wartime-pontoons-win-battle-for-survival-1-1655966\">protected national monuments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Mulberry Harbour testing at Garlieston<\/h3>\n<p>Clockwise from top left: 1) Swiss Roll sections are unfurled in Garlieston Harbour. 2) A section of Swiss Roll is unloaded at the harbour. 3) A section of floating roadway is tethered to the shore at Rigg Bay. 4) A section of floating roadway is assembled in Garlieston Harbour.\u00a0 5) The Harbour that went to war \u2014 a &#8216;Spud&#8217; pierhead and &#8216;Whale&#8217; roadway off Portyerrock. 6) A Crusader tank tests the floating roadway off Portyerrock.<\/p>\n<p>(For background see <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mulberry_harbour\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mulberry_harbour<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-33 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/swissrollharbour.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/swissrollharbour-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/swissrollharbour-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/swissrollharbour-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/swissrollharbour.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/swissrollbarge.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/swissrollbarge-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/swissrollbarge-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/swissrollbarge-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/swissrollbarge.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/riggbay-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/riggbay-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/riggbay-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/riggbay-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/riggbay-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tank.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tank-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tank-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tank-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tank.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/spudpier.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/spudpier-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/spudpier-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/spudpier-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/spudpier.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/roadway.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/roadway-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/roadway-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/roadway-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/garlieston.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/roadway.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a title=\"Garlieston's Secret War\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mulberryharbour.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During WWII locations around Garlieston including the harbour and nearby Rigg Bay were test sites for three Mulberry Harbour prototypes. This area of the Solway Firth was selected because tide and seabed conditions were similar to those to be encountered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/garlieston.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}