Sea Fort 4

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    billybofh, h0lden, ♥♡Queen Cleopatra♥♡, Lampeduza, and 13 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    1. billybofh 85 months ago | reply

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      ^^^ that's my breath being taken away :-)

      Amazing shot :-)

    2. h0lden 85 months ago | reply

      !!!

    3. Moxette 85 months ago | reply

      I love the way the sea blends into the sky.
      Where is this one? Looks different to the others.

    4. Valentinian 85 months ago | reply

      spectacular. minimal. powerful. dramatic!

    5. doctor.boogie 85 months ago | reply

      Thanks for your comments guys. This fort is more off the Essex coast. Takes about 2 1/2 hours from North Kent.

    6. ♥♡Queen Cleopatra♥♡ 85 months ago | reply

      this is such a lovely shot!

    7. Jon Pinder 82 months ago | reply

      What an amazing piece of history. Brilliant shot.

      The World Through My Eyes

    8. pdam2 82 months ago | reply

      very interesting shot, amazing subject ...
      The World Through My Eyes

    9. Moxette 82 months ago | reply

      I didn't realise at the time but this is Sealand, the one where a family have established their own principality. I think it's somewhere off the coast of Harwich. www.fruitsofthesea.demon.co.uk/sealand/gallery.html

    10. doctor.boogie 82 months ago | reply

      Hi Moxette, theres two of these, Sealand is off Harwich, this one is between whitsable and the essex coast. I think I'm right in saying there were another 2, one of Margate that fell into the sea a few years back. and one that was in the shipping lanes to the Thames. This was blown up years back.

    11. Moxette 82 months ago | reply

      Oh, yes, you're right - I can see now that there's an extra platform on this one. I have been googling as I'm becoming quite fascinated by these but also getting very confused. So please forgive my rambling on :)

      It seems there were three of the type in your other photos (each made up of 7 individual towers).These were the army ones.
      Shivering Sands is off Herne Bay - still there
      Red Sands is off Minster - still there
      Great Nore off Sheerness - demolished - (probably the estuary one you mentioned above)

      Then there were 4 navy ones with the concrete legs including your one here.
      Knock John - near Foulness - still there
      Tongue Sands - off Margate - collapsed into the sea 1996
      Sunk Sand - off Frinton - blown up
      The Roughs (Sealand) - off Harwich - still there, though had a fire recently

      There are 3 of the army type ones around the mersey area, too

    12. doctor.boogie 82 months ago | reply

      Thanks for that. i dont know why but i find them very interesting.
      cheers

    13. tropicalrips 59 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called pure street, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    14. Ben Lepley +_+ 48 months ago | reply

      Boss - Architecture that's Industrial modern we'd love to have this added!

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