Chatley Heath Semaphore Tower
The Semaphore Tower is located on Chatley Heath. The Tower was once part of a chain which was used to pass messages between the Admiralty in Whitehall and the Royal Naval Dockyard in Portsmouth , sort of a very early telegraph system using line of sight tower sending messages in Semaphore instead of wires . It was built in 1822 and is now the only restored surviving tower in a line of signalling stations that stretched from London to Portsmouth. The Tower is open to the public once a month between March and September - not sure since Covid though .
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Chatley Heath Semaphore Tower
The Semaphore Tower is located on Chatley Heath. The Tower was once part of a chain which was used to pass messages between the Admiralty in Whitehall and the Royal Naval Dockyard in Portsmouth , sort of a very early telegraph system using line of sight tower sending messages in Semaphore instead of wires . It was built in 1822 and is now the only restored surviving tower in a line of signalling stations that stretched from London to Portsmouth. The Tower is open to the public once a month between March and September - not sure since Covid though .
HTT folks