PoW Camp 18 Featherstone - Unusual Hut Remains

Discussion in 'UK PoW Camps' started by Martin Richards, Jul 8, 2021.

  1. Martin Richards

    Martin Richards Well-Known Member

    Has any one come across hut remains with support posts before ?

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  2. Osborne2

    Osborne2 Well-Known Member

    Concrete panels slid into the slots. Off the top my head these could be Maycrete or British Concrete Federation huts designed in 1942. This camp was, I think, originally built for the Bolero programme , but may have been occupied by British troops before the US arrived in numbers.
     
  3. Martin Richards

    Martin Richards Well-Known Member

    yes you are right it was originally built for the US.
    My own thought is as you have said - Maycrete Hut - BUT whilst i have seen loads of them from intact to ruin to being demolished, i have never come across one left like this the upright and no roof beams
     
  4. Osborne2

    Osborne2 Well-Known Member

    Most of the building has been 'recycled'. Panels useful to farmers to fill up farm track potholes/soft spots. Heavier plant needs old tracks beefing up especially given the wight carried in modern trailers. There is quite a trade in old concrete railway sleepers laid reversed where I live.
     

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