Old Hartley - Water Tower of Robert's Battery
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Description
"Robert's Battery at Hartley was built in response to the threat of a bombardment of Tyneside in World War I (1914-1918). At first Tyneside was protected by an old battleship permanently based on the river as a guardship but, in 1916 the ship was needed elsewhere. As an alternative the Army was offered two redundant gun turrets, from the 1898 HMS Illustrious, for emplacement on land and two identical batteries were constructed at Marsden, near Sunderland (Kitchener Battery) and at Hartley (Robert's Battery). Work began in 1917 but was unfinished at the end of the war; it was eventually finished in September 1921 at a cost of about £64,000. Unfortunately, a few years later in 1924 the Committee of Imperial Defence recommended removal of the turrets, probably because the guns were obsolete, and work was underway in April 1926." (Keys to the Past) -
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License
What does this mean? Public Domain Dedication (CC0)
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Further information
Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/137828720@N06/50047871253/
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 3 years, 9 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2020-06-21T16:52:06 -
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