From Report No. 183, "Canadian Participation in the operations in North West Europe, 1944.
Part IV: First Canadian Army in the Pursuit (23 Aug - 30 Sep)"
(Historical Section, Canadian Military Headquarters), page 77:
(to be found here:
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-...ype=2&RfId=183)
"89. The Engineers lost no time in bridging the Seine. As we have seen, by
1030 hours on the 27th light rafts were taking traffic at Elbeuf and tanks
were being ferried over on two Class 40 rafts before nightfall (see pra 79).
The first bridge, a Class 9 F.B.E. (Folding Boat Equipment) was completed at
Elbeuf by 2100 hours after twelve hours work by 2 Cdn Corps Tps Engineers with
13 A.G.R.E. and 1 Cdn A.G.R.E. under command (W.D., C.E. H.Q. 2 Cdn Corps,
27 Aug 44). Work begun that morning by 8 G.H.Q. Tps R.E. on construction of a
Class 40 Bailey Pontoon Bridge in Elbeuf (113990) was finished at 0730 hours
on the 28th (W.D., H.Q. 1 Cdn A.G.R.E., 28 Aug 44). These two bridges
supplemented the ferries in carrying the load of the crossings at Elbeuf for
the first three days, and a third bridge (a Class 40 Bailey Pontoon) was
completed by 8 G.H.Q. Tps R.E. (at 120988) on 30 Aug (Ibid: 30 Aug 44)."
The NAC has a series of photos, some online, including (in approx. chronological order):
PA-136016: "Storm boats manned by the 34th Field Company, R.C.E., carry Regina Rifles Regiment's 7th Brigade over the Seine River." Elbeuf 26 Aug 44
PA-135958: "M3 half-track vehicle crossing the Seine River on a pontoon raft." Elbeuf, 27 Aug 44
PA-143941: Canadians in France - Anti-tank gun and jeep ambulance loaded in craft and carried over the
[sic, caption stops here] ." Elbeuf 26 Aug 44
PA-137295: "8th G.H.Q. Troops English Engineers assemble floating Bailey Bridge, Elbeuf, France, 27 August 1944."
PA-136015, PA-131344: "16th Field Engineers starting to build a Pontoon bridge over the [Seine at Elbeuf, 27 August 1944.]."
PA-136158: "Line of Stuart and Sherman tanks waiting to cross the bridge." Elbeuf, 27 Aug 44
PA-144143: "General Motors 'Staghound' T17E1 armoured cars of the 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons) crossing the Seine River." Elbeuf, 28 Aug 44
PA-137296: "A General Motors Staghound T-17E1 armoured car of the 12th Manitoba Dragoons crossing a Bailey bridge, Elbeuf, France, 28 August 1944."
PA-113663, PA-113662: "[Vehicles of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division crossing pontoon bridge over the Seine River near Elbeuf, France, 28 August 1944.]."
PA-133660: ['Sherman' tank crossing pontoon bridge over the Seine River near Elbeuf, France, 28 August, 1944.]."
PA-116585: "Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds (left) and Captain Marshall Stearns watching 'Sherman' tanks of the Canadian Grenadier Guards crossing the Seing
[sic] River." Elbeuf, 28 Aug 44
Here are some of them, plus a few others from various sources, starting on
28 Aug 44:
Seen from the East bank (right bank of the river, actually more to the North at this point of the large meander of the Seine):
"General Motors 'Staghound' T17E1 armoured cars of the 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons) crossing the Seine River." Elbeuf, 28 Aug 44 (
NAC PA-144143)
https://flic.kr/p/rY3Cj9
"Railway ties are unloaded from the back deck of a 12th Manitoba Dragoons Staghound armoured car to stabilize the exit from the pontoon bridge at Elbeuf, 28 August 1944" (
NAC PA-137296):
https://flic.kr/p/nEZVkN
On the West (or South, left) bank this time, we see the entrance to the bridge (
NAC PA-113663):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/76813382@N06/14408048701/
https://flic.kr/p/nXc1UM
Source:
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads...10/#post-80095
Edit: some of the photos, including this one, have disappeared from the linked thread following ww2talk's changeover to a new software...
The link to Juno Beach Centre in the linked post is now also dead, and I could not find the photo in the new website.
The same photo, larger but cropped:
https://flic.kr/p/rHSVXx
Source:
http://canada.virtual.museum/pm.php?...%2C+Canada&ci=
Still on the West/South bank, we can see that the stairs have been removed to make a gentler slope down to the bridge:
"Vehicles of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division crossing pontoon bridge over the Seine River near Elbeuf, France, 28 August 1944." (
NAC PA-113662):
https://flic.kr/p/nEZUPs