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Fort Walney


Fort Walney was a military installation built by the War Office between 1909 and 1911, situated in what is now Furness Golf Club in North Walney. The Fort included a battery of two 6-inch guns, which were manned by two companies of Royal Garrison Artillery, two blockhouses, a magazine, a shelter, an observation tower and auxiliary buildings. The battery was in operation until 1943. After the Second World War, the observation tower, became a Coastguard lookout tower. Most of the other buildings of the former fort were demolished. The coastguard tower was in use until the 1990s; it was later converted for residential use.

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Casting for Fort at Walney - 1914
- Traction engine and trailer carrying a large casting is about to cross Jubilee (Walney) Bridge on their way to Walney Fort. Five men in picture; driver on the engine, booted …
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County: Cumbria
Grid ref: SD17376896
Unitary Auth: Westmorland & Furness

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