2009
NZ4246 : Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post, Easington
taken 16 years ago, near to Cold Hesledon, County Durham, England
Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post, Easington
On high ground above the industrial sites of Dawdon, Easington and Seaham this monitoring post would have been in a fine position to observe nuclear destruction of Durham's coastal industry.
Characteristically a line of telegraph poles terminate at the site providing a communication link. It was built in 1962 at the height of the Cold War and closed in 1992.
Several other ruined buildings nearby are associated with a WWII RAF radar station and possibly even earlier acoustic mirror early warning system from WWI like that in Sunderland Link
(Archive Link )
Details and photographs of this particular Cold War bunker can be found here Link
General information on the ROC and these posts is on the same site here Link
Characteristically a line of telegraph poles terminate at the site providing a communication link. It was built in 1962 at the height of the Cold War and closed in 1992.
Several other ruined buildings nearby are associated with a WWII RAF radar station and possibly even earlier acoustic mirror early warning system from WWI like that in Sunderland Link
(Archive Link ) Details and photographs of this particular Cold War bunker can be found here Link
General information on the ROC and these posts is on the same site here Link
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- Grid Square
- NZ4246, 11 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Andrew Curtis (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Friday, 16 October, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 18 October, 2009
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NZ 429 468 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:48.8966N 1:19.9913W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NZ 429 468
- View Direction
- EAST (about 90 degrees)
