THE PRE-FABRICATED PORT: At Arromanches on the Normandy Coast
... THE PRE-FABRICATED PORT At Arromanches on the Normandy Coast How it was Constructed for the Supply and Reinforcement of the Allied Armies T n order to accommodate the necessary shipping and port equipment, the size of each harbour had to be roughly the same as Dover, which entailed the construction of 150 caissons. For technical reasons these could not be placed in water deeper than fathoms, ...