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Scanned image of view of oil barrel drain and ramp
SC 673961
Description Scanned image of view of oil barrel drain and ramp
Date 26/5/1996
Catalogue Number SC 673961
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of C 73011
Scope and Content World War II oil drum base and drain, Hoxa Battery, Hoxa Head, South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands In both World Wars coast batteries were built to protect the channels into Scapa Flow and Kirkwall Bay, where there was an important contraband control. The greatest concentrations of firepower were at the main north-western and southern entrances to the Flow, the latter covered by the coast batteries on Stanger Head on Flotta and here on Hoxa Head on South Ronaldsay. This detail show the low concrete ramp up which full oil drums were rolled on their sides and then emptied of their contents through a tap and drain connection into an underground oil storage tank. The tank was located near the engine room and contained the fuel for the diesel generators. The concrete kerb in front of the drain is inscribed 'EGC RB 1942'. At the heart of the Orkney archipelago, Scapa Flow was the main fleet anchorage for the Royal Navy during both World Wars. Its vital importance led to the creation of one of the most concentrated defence networks in Britain. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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