Dunkerque and immediate surrounding area, France
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:29 pm
Lots of StarCiv evidence in this area of France. Masses, in fact. I suspect that being in the same general area as Belgium and The Netherlands - both of which also suffered a coating of silt or mud - this entire region was heavily and densely populated with StarCiv activity. It makes me wonder how much went underwater, in what is now possibly a wider English Channel.
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Dunkerque in 1944:
51°01'39.14" N 2°19'20.70" E
Note the large auxilliary structure in the top left corner.
A closer look at this structure, from 1940, before the demolition and filling in of the surrounding canal began in earnest:
51°02'29.56" N 2°17'50.90" E
Beautifully engineered. Now gone.
Just along the coast from the large auxilliary, is a smaller one:
51°02'21.50" N 2°17'07.20" E (approximate location)
Another shot of the area around the large auxilliary structure, triangulated canels being filled in:
51°02'07.60" N 2°17'55.99" E
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And in the centre of Dunkerque, we find a canal auxilliary (now gone), an example of that which can be found worldwide, integrated into the canal system:
51°01'38.84" N 2°21'54.81" E
And here's a pic of the satellite near the centre of Dunkirk from 1940 - still in what appears to be good condition:
GE co-ords - 51°00'51.55" N 2°20'07.18" E
and a close-up:
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13thMonkey posted this drawing of Dunkerque in the maps section - wow!
Some kind of extended jetty system that extended well into the sea and a series of island (possibly) auxilliaries! Funny, I hadn't considered that the StarCiv might have fishing fleets. Delivery of goods from far away places was obviously a massive part of their infrastructure (I can't call it 'trade' because I think they operated without 'commerce'), but fishing had escaped me. Any idea of the provenence of this drawing, 13thMonkey?
And another drawing/map supplied by 13thMonkey showing the long jetty into the sea:
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Dunkerque in 1944:
51°01'39.14" N 2°19'20.70" E
Note the large auxilliary structure in the top left corner.
A closer look at this structure, from 1940, before the demolition and filling in of the surrounding canal began in earnest:
51°02'29.56" N 2°17'50.90" E
Beautifully engineered. Now gone.
Just along the coast from the large auxilliary, is a smaller one:
51°02'21.50" N 2°17'07.20" E (approximate location)
Another shot of the area around the large auxilliary structure, triangulated canels being filled in:
51°02'07.60" N 2°17'55.99" E
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And in the centre of Dunkerque, we find a canal auxilliary (now gone), an example of that which can be found worldwide, integrated into the canal system:
51°01'38.84" N 2°21'54.81" E
And here's a pic of the satellite near the centre of Dunkirk from 1940 - still in what appears to be good condition:
GE co-ords - 51°00'51.55" N 2°20'07.18" E
and a close-up:
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13thMonkey posted this drawing of Dunkerque in the maps section - wow!
Some kind of extended jetty system that extended well into the sea and a series of island (possibly) auxilliaries! Funny, I hadn't considered that the StarCiv might have fishing fleets. Delivery of goods from far away places was obviously a massive part of their infrastructure (I can't call it 'trade' because I think they operated without 'commerce'), but fishing had escaped me. Any idea of the provenence of this drawing, 13thMonkey?
And another drawing/map supplied by 13thMonkey showing the long jetty into the sea: