SZ3389 : Fort Victoria
near to Norton, Isle of Wight, Great Britain

Fort Victoria
A nature talk on the roof of Fort Victoria. Fort Victoria was famous for the development of the first guided missile.A motorised torpedo was fired from a large gun on the shore and it was directed to its target by means of wire cables, very much like a kite is controlled by its strings.
year taken
2004
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- SZ3389, 17 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Tony Grant (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 10 June, 2004 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 9 July, 2005
- Category
- Historic building (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SZ 337 897 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:42.3580N 1:31.4473W
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