EAW049750 ENGLAND (1953). Steep Holm island, Steep Holm, 1953
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| Title | [EAW049750] Steep Holm island, Steep Holm, 1953 |
| Reference | EAW049750 |
| Date | 28-May-1953 |
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| Place name | STEEP HOLM |
| Parish | WESTON-SUPER-MARE |
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| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 323014, 160670 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.1053456069401, 51.339396883461 |
| National Grid Reference | ST230607 |
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 East Beach. An iron pier or jetty was constructed here in 1941 to serve the military railway. It was demolished in 1946 |
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Sunday 8th of June 2014 09:48:08 AM |
| Site of inclined plane constructed in World War II for military railway taking supplies to batteries on the plateau |
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Sunday 8th of June 2014 09:45:55 AM |
| Observation post |
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| Possibly the 'Laboratory Battery', anti-aircraft units |
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| Course of the military railway |
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| Summit Batteries. Supplied by the military railway |
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Sunday 8th of June 2014 09:42:49 AM |
| Winch house for the top inclined plane on the military zig-zag railway |
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Sunday 8th of June 2014 09:41:37 AM |
| Winch house on the lower reversal, military railway |
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Sunday 8th of June 2014 09:40:46 AM |
| Winch house. Diesel powered. At the upper reversal on the zig-zag railway |
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Sunday 8th of June 2014 09:40:10 AM |
| Coast Defence Battery Barracks |
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Sunday 8th of June 2014 09:39:00 AM |
| The 'Garden' batteries |
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Sunday 8th of June 2014 09:38:26 AM |
| Military railway constructed in World War II - site of inclined plane, cable operated, with gradient of 1 in 2 or 1 in 3. Railway was 600mm gauge, using captured German 'Feldbahn' rails, taken in World War I |
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Sunday 8th of June 2014 09:37:43 AM |
