Door from Knockaloe hut
Date made: 1914-1919
Maker: unknown
Description: An exterior door from the Shell Shop, Niarbyl (a former Knockaloe Hut). Several layers of paint present. Possibly the original door from Knockaloe.
Background:
During the First World War (1914-1918) the Isle of Man was used as an internment base for civilian ‘enemy aliens’. Its biggest camp was known as Knockaloe Camp, Patrick, situated in the west of the Island (other historic names referring to the camp include Knockaloe P.O.W. Camp, Knockaloe Prisoner of War Camp and Knockaloe Alien Detention Camp.) Originally designed for 5,000 people, at its peak it housed up to 23,000 men and as many as 30,000 men may have been interned in total.
Materials: wood
Object name: door
Collection: Social History Collection
ID Number: 2011-0027/3
Subject tags : #WW1INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS