ST2264 : Flatholm foghorn
5 km from Lavernock, The Vale of Glamorgan/Bro Morgannwg, Great Britain
Flatholm foghorn
A close up of one of the horns of Flatholm's foghorn. The three small pipes in the foreground are the exhaust pipes of the three powerful diesel pump engines used to generate air pressure to sound the horn.
I wouldn't like to be standing here when it goes off (which no longer happens as it is now decommissioned - though theoretically in working condition)...
I wouldn't like to be standing here when it goes off (which no longer happens as it is now decommissioned - though theoretically in working condition)...
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- ST2264, 16 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Hywel Williams (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Supplemental image
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 13 September, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 11 October, 2009
- Category
- Fog horn (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
ST 222 649 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:22.6791N 3:7.1187W - Photographer Location
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OSGB36: ST 222 649
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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