Split Rock Battery - Cartridge store. A wooden floor would have sat above the stonework : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Split Rock Battery - Cartridge store. A wooden floor would have sat above the stonework / intrepidexplorer82
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Construction started on the Steep Holm defences in 1866 when six 7-in Rifled Muzzle Loading (RML) batteries were constructed; four double gun batteries and two single gun emplacements. The guns have been recorded as dating from between 1868 and 1869, indicating the fortifications took at least 2 years to complete. Each battery had an associated magazine for separate shell and cartridge storage and utilised a Georgian canon as the pivot. All 7-in RML guns remain on the island, as do all but one of the pivot guns.These Victorian-era guns have been identified as 7-inch 7-ton Mark III Armstrong RML (Rodney Legg, Steep Holm at War, p50)The island was rearmed in 1941 when two twin-gun 6-inch batteries were constructed. A proportion of the C19 fortifications were damaged during this later fortification as older emplacements were built on or the stone was robbed for use elsewhere on the island. |
| 撮影日 | 2022-10-11 08:24:11 |
| 撮影者 | intrepidexplorer82 , United Kingdom |
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| カメラ | ILCE-6600 , SONY |
| 露出 | f/8.0 |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |