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Marston Mat
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Marston Mat, also misspelled as Marsden matting, but more properly called pierced steel planking, is standardized, perforated steel matting material developed by the United States at the Waterways Exp
Royal Air Force and South African Air Force aircrew with one of their Bristol Beaufighters on a PSP airstrip at Biferno, Italy, August 1944
Royal Air Force and South African Air Force aircrew with one of their Bristol Beaufighters on a PSP airstrip at Biferno, Italy, August 1944
Members of the 332nd Fighter Group (the Tuskegee Airmen) of the United States Army Air Forces discuss combat flying while walking on Marston matting.
Members of the 332nd Fighter Group (the Tuskegee Airmen) of the United States Army Air Forces discuss combat flying while walking on Marston matting.
Marston mat laid by CB 45 on the Navy's auxiliary field on Tanaga Island in the Aleutian Islands
Marston mat laid by CB 45 on the Navy's auxiliary field on Tanaga Island in the Aleutian Islands
A Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk of the Royal Australian Air Force taxiing along Marston Mat at Milne Bay in the Territory of Papua on the island of New Guine
A Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk of the Royal Australian Air Force taxiing along Marston Mat at Milne Bay in the Territory of Papua on the island of New Guinea in September 1942
Corduroy road
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A corduroy road or log road is a type of road or timber trackway made by placing logs, perpendicular to the direction of the road over a low or swampy area. This is an improvement from mud or dirt roa
Marston Mat
…Sommerfeld tracking – a form of wire matting Corduroy road – a road-building method going back to prehistory. Sedes Air Base – an airport in Greece using a PSP Metal Mesh Runway…
Corduroy road
Corduroy road
German soldiers by corduroy road in a Polesian village (Ukraine, 1918)
German soldiers by corduroy road in a Polesian village (Ukraine, 1918)
In war, corduroy roads are often used as an emergency measure where poor quality roads have been damaged by the large numbers of vehicles or troops th
In war, corduroy roads are often used as an emergency measure where poor quality roads have been damaged by the large numbers of vehicles or troops that have passed over them. Seen here are Germans in Yugoslavia in 1944.
Excavation of a corduroy road from the 16th century in Oranienburg, Germany
Excavation of a corduroy road from the 16th century in Oranienburg, Germany