14th June in wartime Northern Ireland

On 14th June 1941, elements of the army's 61st Divisional Engineers displayed a number of methods of crossing the Aghadowey River at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.

A section of pontoon bridge rowed into position during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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A Divisional Commander and staff on a pontoon during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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A rubber reconnaissance boat launched across the river during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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A rubber reconnaissance boat launched across the river during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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A party of sappers unloading hornbeams during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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Sappers carrying girders to a site selected for a small Box Girder Bridge during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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Sappers using their body weight to balance girders pushed across the river during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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Sappers laying bridge decking during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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Universal Carriers cross the completed bridge during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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Sappers unloading folding boat equipment during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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Opening a folding boat during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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Sappers launching boats during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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Sappers constructing rafts along the river bank during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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Moving rafts down the river to the site chosen for bridging during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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Positioning rafts during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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A Universal Carrier crosses a river constructed of boats during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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Brigadier C.D. Drew, Brigadier R.H. Farren C.R.A., Major General A. St. Q. Fullbrook-Leggatt D.S.O., M.C., and Brigadier F.A. Hawkins M.C., take part in some friendly girder lifting competition during a demonstration by 61st Divisional Engineers at Agivey, Co. Londonderry.
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