SCAPA FLOW TO-DAY: Are the Causeways to be Maintained? A Vital Question to the Islanders
... The elaborately constructed cause way system at Scapa Flow which was built after the Royal Oak was sunk, early in the war, is rapidly deteriorating, and it may be aban doned because of the high cost of maintenance. The causeways were built by Italian prisoners of war and, besides their strategic purpose of sealing the entrances, they have proved a great boon to the islanders, who used them ...