TQ8690 : "Mushroom" pillbox
near to Rochford, Essex, Great Britain
"Mushroom" pillbox
A cast concrete "lid" supported by a central column gave this machine gun position a 360 degree field of fire. Part of the ring of WWII fortifications around what is now London Southend Airport.
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year taken
2008
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- TQ8690, 5 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- John Myers (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 28 December, 2008 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 28 December, 2008
- Category
- Pillbox (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 866 900 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:34.7046N 0:41.5245E - Photographer Location
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OSGB36: TQ 866 900
- View Direction
- Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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