Number 1759

This is the final photo of the tank traps at Birubi for now but I am sure they will feature in my photos at some time in the future.

If you look closely you will see that each tank trap has a number on it and also dated 3-3-42, so that must have been the date they were placed in the ocean during World War 2 to stop amphibious crafts from entering the beach.

[Ron]

You saved the best for last! So interesting to have viewed this series of shots.

[Diana]

Fabulous close up with great details. Such an interesting series well captured.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

I really love the patterning of the sand in this image - great series!

[Issi Bannerman]

An amazing part of history. Super series of shots.

[bkb in the city]

Very interesting part of history

[Lois]

Nice angle! Thanks for pointing out the date!

[Valerie Chesney]

So great to view the date...another super capture & so interesting.

[Ingrid]

Great pov and I like that the date is visible.

[Kathy A]

These are wonderful!

[Peter]

Interesting perspective, tones and textures Babs, I suspect you are correct about the original installation date with the sequence number No 1759 identied as well:)

[Beryl Lloyd]

Stunning ! , thinking I am in Egypt ! ha !

[Lil H]

Interesting shot.

[Bep]

Interesting shots. Well captured.

[Dione Giorgio]

A very interesting series of shots ending with this one. Thank you for sharing.

[Peter Dulis]

So interesting

[Esther Rosenberg]

Thanks for all the information and beautiful shots. Was very interesting.

[Pat]

I've really enjoyed this tank trap series Babs, they are so interesting to view. I like the shades and textures on this one.

[Santina]

really beautiful shots, and interesting your explanations, you rightly left this last because it has many details

[Lou Ann]

Oh this is something! 1942? Oh my.

[Wylie]

very photogenic, what a wonderful photo outing you had here! fav

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, very cool. Looks like something from out space.

[Ann Williams]

This one looks like it's swerved round quickly to get into position before being caught!

[bruni]

A piece of history. I'll have to backtrack a bit to see more.

[Fisher Family]

Great capture, love this series of shots.
Katharine

[carol white]

Great textures and composition

[Margaret Brown]

An interesting history and capture

[Tunia McClure]

a reminder of really hard times

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Wow- it's hard to believe that chunk of cement is 78 years old! This series has been really interesting and I like the sense of history I get from looking at them. Good shot.

[Pyrrhula]

It was a great series. Have enjoy them all.

[sarah]

So interesting to see this bit of history

[Babs]

@stray_shooter @ludwigsdiana @koalagardens @jamibann @bkbinthecity @loweygrace @happysnaps @ingrid01 @kjarn @pcoulson @beryl @lilh @gijsje @sangwann @pdulis @dutchothotmailcom @pattyblue @santina @louannwarren @pusspup @mittens @flowerfairyann @bruni @fishers @carolmw @craftymeg @tunia @olivetreeann @pyrrhula @samae Sorry for the late group reply, but I have been burning the midnight oil editing old photos recently and once I started on those it made me look back into family history sites on the Internet to fill in the gaps of my history.

One thing you can't really see from this photo is that each tank trap is about 5 ft (1.5 metres) and I shudder to think what they weigh. Makes you wonder how they manage to escape from the car park sometimes too, ha ha.

[Margo]

Great to be able to see the date FAV

[eDorre]

Such a cool piece of history! Well captured!