SZ3389 : Fort Victoria

near to Norton, Isle of Wight, Great Britain

Fort Victoria
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.
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Photographer
Tony Grant   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph
Date Taken
Thursday, 10 June, 2004   (find more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 9 July, 2005
Category
Historic building   (find more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 337 897 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:42.3580N 1:31.4473W
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