SZ/OEMU/29/1/4 - The design and testing of the table (Morrison) indoor shelter, 14/5/41

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/29/1/4

Level of description

Item

Title

The design and testing of the table (Morrison) indoor shelter, 14/5/41

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

12 leaves

Subject

Morrison shelter

Creator

Civil Defence Research Committee

Scope and content

R.C. 204

Gives the background to the government's decision to issue an indoor shelter and describes the design of the chosen shelter. The paper also gives the results of a series of tests on indoor shelters during which partly bomb-damaged houses were demolished with a shelter still inside. Contains plans and photographs of shelters before and after demolition and assesses the damage sustained by the shelters.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/29 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls]
    - SZ/OEMU/29/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls. File One]
      - SZ/OEMU/29/1/4 - The design and testing of the table (Morrison) indoor shelter, 14/5/41

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