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1 2 3 4  | | UER Forum > Archived World > Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK (Viewed 3818 times) |
yumology
  
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< on 5/17/2009 6:38 PM >
|  | | | These sea forts look really cool...
http://www.artific...rts-red-sands.html
The link even has a google maps location of the forts.
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GC Intercept
  
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<Reply # 1 on 5/18/2009 10:30 AM >
| | | | Way cool. My girlfriend has a book called Seafort that was written by an artist who lived on one of the towers for a month. He describes the movement of the towers and the strange noises that he heard. He was even convinced of hearing a woman's voice calling out someone's name. It is alleged that life on the forts could induce a kind of madness due to the isolation and nature of life the conscripts who manned them had to endure. Cabin fever.
I like the Navy ones like Knock John Tower and Sealand.
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waspmeat
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<Reply # 2 on 5/21/2009 8:36 AM >
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these are seriously amazing.. I just spent the last 10mins google drooling. I'd imagine theres no real way in aside from ninja grappling hooks and what not. I'll be in london next week, leeds , then liverpool. Do you guys know of any sweet spots? I'd love any tips.
much obliged
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Tupsumato
Location: Finland
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How close can you go?
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<Reply # 3 on 5/21/2009 9:47 AM >
| | | | I found a picture of the towers from my dad's archives. Apparently the ship he was working on in the 80s passed the towers and he realized that one day his son might be interested in such abandoned stuff... ;)
Posted by GC Intercept
My girlfriend has a book called Seafort... |
Some material of Stephen Turner's Seafort Project can be found online:
http://www.seafort.org/
The blog is pretty interesting.
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waspmeat
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<Reply # 4 on 5/21/2009 5:54 PM >
| | | | Posted by Tupsumato
I found a picture of the towers from my dad's archives. Apparently the ship he was working on in the 80s passed the towers and he realized that one day his son might be interested in such abandoned stuff... ;)
Some material of Stephen Turner's Seafort Project can be found online:
http://www.seafort.org/
The blog is pretty interesting.
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WOW!
Anyone want to go exploring? Split a boat ride, and get some amazing photos?!?
NExT week i'll be in London this weekend from the 22nd to the 28th! hit me up
could be amazing
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jimi
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lilli
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Aunt - Replace A with C
| |  |  | Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK
<Reply # 5 on 5/21/2009 7:46 PM >
| | | | Honestly ... Its not somewhere you can easily get too; or UK people would have done it.
There is a trust for the forts that looks for volunteers occasionally thou 
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waspmeat
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<Reply # 6 on 5/22/2009 3:29 AM >
| | | | Posted by lilli
Honestly ... Its not somewhere you can easily get too; or UK people would have done it.
There is a trust for the forts that looks for volunteers occasionally thou
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eye eye... fortunately- i've spent good time fishing in alaska, and have a GPS. If nothing else, its worth a good water ride!
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Alias
  
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| | | Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK
<Reply # 7 on 5/22/2009 10:14 PM >
| | | | nah unfortunatly not accessible.
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lilli
Location: Surrey UK
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Aunt - Replace A with C
| | | | Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK
<Reply # 8 on 5/22/2009 10:49 PM >
| | | | Mind you if the amount of bridges that have been explored and in the papers during the last year ..... Maybe it is possible and no-one has done it yet?
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dsankt
Location: live and in the fresh
| | | | Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK
<Reply # 9 on 5/22/2009 10:56 PM >
| | | | Can't be that fucking hard.
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lilli
Location: Surrey UK
Gender: Female
Aunt - Replace A with C
| | | | Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK
<Reply # 10 on 5/22/2009 11:22 PM >
| | | | Posted by dsankt
Can't be that fucking hard.
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DO we have a challenger? I would love to see them done
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dsankt
Location: live and in the fresh
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<Reply # 11 on 5/23/2009 12:47 PM >
| | | | If time permits around higher priorities, sure.
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Zero
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| | Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK
<Reply # 12 on 5/23/2009 1:01 PM >
| | | | All you need to do is avoid the patrols from the coast guard. simple.
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yokes
Location: Toronto
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| | | | Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK
<Reply # 13 on 5/23/2009 1:07 PM >
| | | | Hiding the boat might be a challenge.
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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dsankt
Location: live and in the fresh
| | | | Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK
<Reply # 14 on 5/23/2009 1:17 PM >
| | | | A boat, interesting notion.
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kowalski
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<Reply # 15 on 5/23/2009 1:43 PM >
| | | | Posted by dsankt
A boat, interesting notion.
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Well, if you do it with one of those fibreglass swimsuits, will it count on here?
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dsankt
Location: live and in the fresh
| | | | Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK
<Reply # 16 on 5/23/2009 1:47 PM >
| | | | Posted by kowalski
Well, if you do it with one of those fibreglass swimsuits, will it count on here?
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I'm considering harnessing Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe to some kind of sea going chariot. One must be resourceful.
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G.U.
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Get your F****** towel ready.
| | Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK
<Reply # 17 on 5/23/2009 4:54 PM >
| | | | Posted by dsankt
I'm considering harnessing Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe to some kind of sea going chariot. One must be resourceful.
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Ha Ha, excellent. These do look interesting, probably a concern about the structural integrity. Considering how close they are (understatement) to the sea (more o2) and being almost completely made of metal.
Would be worth a look. It would be amazing to leave at the end of the day and get a sunset-silhouette pic of these monsters!
Too cool...Thanks for posting.
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nutekk
Location: Central NJ
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Maunsell abandoned Army Sea Forts, Red Sands Shivering Sands, Thames estuary, UK
<Reply # 18 on 5/25/2009 5:44 PM >
| | | | it's called get one guy to drive the boat, and drop off the explorers , equipped with rope, and a radio ... and he comes back to pick them up later. drop em off before dawn and pickup after sunset. simple.
if my fatass can paddle a kayak (FIRST TIME IN ONE) across a channel in nyc , to a restricted island and paddle back a day later, you guys in the UK can hit this place !
your mission awaits gentlemen.
cheers !
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Kuroneko
Location: Tokyo
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 19 on 5/26/2009 7:43 AM >
| | | | Posted by nutekk
across a channel in nyc
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Whyte's?
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