2017

TR0828 : View from a Romney-Dungeness train - Old Pillbox near St. Mary's Bay

taken 6 years ago, near to St Mary's Bay, Kent, England

View from a Romney-Dungeness train - Old Pillbox near St. Mary's Bay
View from a Romney-Dungeness train - Old Pillbox near St. Mary's Bay
The Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway is a 15 in (381 mm) gauge light railway opened in 1927.
This area would have been the front line at the time the pillbox was built. Even the RH&DR was taken over by the military from 1940-45.

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Geographical Context: Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening Railways Defence, Military Primary Subject: Pillbox other tags: Narrow Gauge Railway Light Railway Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TR0828, 28 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Nigel Thompson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 25 October, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 23 July, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 0896 2809 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:0.8528N 0:58.6593E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 0896 2807
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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