fotolife

By dennisbarlow

Coalhouse Fort

This fort was built about 150 years ago to fortify the Thames Estuary from "French Seaborne invasion"! It is heavily fortified and was even fitted with anti-aircraft guns during WW2
Strangely, this side of the fort faces inland. Obviously someone anticipated the Channel Tunnel as far back as the mid nineteenth century .....

I've added the location on the map.

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