Maunsell Towers
Check out these amazing photos of rusted out towers left over from WWII in England.
The Thames Estuary Army Forts were constructed in 1942 to a design by Guy Maunsell, following the successful construction and deployment of the Naval Sea Forts. Their purpose was to provide anti-aircraft fire within the Thames Estuary area. Each fort consisted of a group of seven towers with a walkway connecting them all to the central control tower. The fort, when viewed as a whole, comprised one Bofors tower, a control tower, four gun towers and a searchlight tower. They were arranged in a very specific way, with the control tower at the centre, the Bofors and gun towers arranged in a semi-circular fashion around it and the searchlight tower positioned further away, but still linked directly to the control tower via a walkway. All the forts followed this plan and, in order of grounding, were called the Nore Army Fort, the Red Sands Army Fort and finally the Shivering Sands Army Fort. All three forts were in place by late 1943, but Nore is no longer standing.
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please do you know the measurement of the towers??
that group of pics have blown me away there amazing. can you get on them
The towers look very scary and frighting. I actually live near the thames eastuary. And to me, even the nearest point i go near the towers makes me scared and makes my skin shiver. I wonder how the soldeirs mange to get inside the forts? I know they would have gotten there by boat, but i just want to know.
I am always fascinated by derelict buildings/structures and these are particularly striking. How can you get close enough for good photos? Can you just take a boat, or are there restrictions?
Thanks, Oliver