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Strategically positioned on the northern banks at the entrance to the River Tyne, Tynemouth (Castle) Battery was the primary coastal defences protecting the important industrial centre of Newcastle. Almost in constant use since the 18th Century, what remains today is a selection of infrastructure representative of the last 150 years of coastal artillery development.
The earliest remains on site are the northernmost of six positions, constructed in 1893 to mount a 6 inch BL Mark. VI gun. This was one of two original BL guns on the site.
The next major upgrade to the battery was in 1902 when two 6 inch BL Mk. VII guns were installed, and two 12 pounder positions were also constructed, directly covering the entrance to the river against smaller, faster moving craft. Finally in 1904 a single 9.2 inch BL Mk. X position was constructed, destroying one of the earlier 6 inch positions.
The site was decommissioned in 1956 with the disbandment of the Coastal Artillery Regiment.
The site was operational during both the First World War and Second World War, with no major rebuilding of the battery structures.
While little evidence remains of the associated structures within the castle walls, the magazines and stores for the selection of armaments do remain. The site is under the custodianship of English Heritage who have sympathetically restored aspects of the battery and which can be visited.
Pringles is facing a competitive me-too threat from the largest name in the potato chip category. Mass was the only location where I saw the "stackable" Lays product merchandised.
The position of the Front Bed Needles on a Superba Knitting Machine in relation to the Back Bed needles - ready to transfer stitches with use of a Transfer Carriage.
Seconds after this pic was taken, there was lots of squealing and screaming and it wasn't from the squirrel. lol Lets just say this little guy could be a flying squirrel........lol :)
LAA gun position, Boor, Torran Gorm
ID:MHG36272
Type of record:Monument
Name:Boor, Torran Gorm
Grid Reference:NG 83810 82280
Map Sheet:NG88SW
Civil Parish:GAIRLOCH
Geographical Area:ROSS AND CROMART
Canmore ID 172740
Site Number NG88SW 15
NGR NG 83817 82282
Council HIGHLAND
Parish GAIRLOCH
Former Region HIGHLAND
Known locally as the "Thrupenny Bit"
We are right next to a railway line, perhaps two or three feet away from our right side. In front of us is a road crossed by the rail line, and right near us is the front of a Melbourne suburban train set built by Siemens and painted in blue and yellow livery. The train's destination board tells us it is headed to Cheltenham.
Millers Road near Seaholme Station, Altona, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Land of the Yalukit-Willam clan of the Boon Wurrung tribe in the Kulin Nation
Making good time home. Crewmember preparing a position report en route from Aruba to Charlotte International Airport. We are just passing over the Greater Antilles area of the Caribbean Sea. Haiti and the Dominican Republic just passing off the right of the aircraft with Miami still remaining some 800 statute miles northwest of our position.