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Some Info: The battery is located just half a mile away from Coalhouse Fort, in East Tilbury. The battery was constructed in 1890 and supplemented Coalhouse Fort as part of the Thames’ coastal defence system. It housed six 10 and 6 inch long range firing weapons, mounted on disappearing...

History: The battery is located just half a mile away from Coalhouse Fort, in East Tilbury. The battery was constructed in 1887-93 and supplemented Coalhouse Fort as part of the Thames’ coastal defence system. It housed six 10 and 6 inch long range firing weapons, mounted on disappearing...

Me and man gone wrong were in the area and we decided to go have a look at this fort. I had come across it online and soon found it on maps. I do like these gun batteries so we were quite pleased to see it was still in good condition. Built and finished in 1893 the fort consisted of six guns...

Visited this with my two usual friends man gone wrong and Janovitch. A very enjoyable wander of this very old station. Looking back I wished I had got more photos and had a better camera. Butpent ages just having a nose around the whole building and its contents. A lot of it was stripped out but...

I apologise in advance for the quality of photos. I was not particularly thinking of framing, lighting etc. during this time. I will also ensure I do not get people in the shots in future reports. Often visited the Coalhouse Fort as a kid with my family and heard my Dad mention about...

I dont normally post stuff straight away but this place was a pleasant surprise so thought Id do it while fresh in my mind. So I am off work this week, but our company had a hours work down Southend so I offered to do this foc so long as my mileage is paid so my Son & I could spend the day...

History The factory was built in 1932, founded by Tomas Bata, to offer over 4000 new jobs to the people of East Tilbury. The company made a huge difference for the people as they provided homes for all the workers known as the Bata Estate. The factory ran for over 70 years until production...

“Situated just half a mile away from Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury Battery, was constructed from 1887-93 and supplemented Coalhouse Fort as part of the Thames’ coastal defence system. It housed six long range firing weapons, mounted on disappearing carriages. There were two six-pdr guns on the...

I'm quite new to this whole thing, and probably pretty young to a lot of people, but lately me and my mates have decided it's worth the money to travel further than our local area to find some decent places to explore, even if we are all broke as fuck. History The Bata Shoe Factory was built in...

Please feel free to ignore the optional natter in italics as to how I ended up in here context. Feel like a tool clogging up the forum with phone photos (again, guilty), but it's the only non-lazy day out I've been involved with in a couple of months, tbh An impulsive one... Enjoying the...

Tilbury Fort /unrestored bits History Tilbury Fort, also known historically as the Thermitage Bulwark and the West Tilbury Blockhouse, is an artillery fort on the north bank of the River Thames in England. The earliest version of the fort, comprising a small blockhouse with artillery covering...

Well it's actually more like 'two years ago and then' but you get the idea. I was lucky to be shown these pictures recently. I had the control room one already but was great to see how well some of the others matched up with my shots. External is taken from the wrong angle but clearly the...

This place has been a bit of a nemesis of mine for the last few months. I work practically opposite it and quite often sit eating my lunch on the river front staring across at it. I had been meaning to go take a look at it for quite some time having seen others photos and around June, myself...

Date should be 29/04/16 :) Well I'm sure you guys know all the history of this place but here's a little info anyway. Tilbury B was a 1,428 MW co-firing oil and biomass Power Station that had operated between 1967 and 2013. Construction began in 1961 and was opened in 1968. On privatisation in...

This place became a bit of a project for @AndyK and I. It took a lot of planning and a few visits to properly nail it in the end. But oh my god was it worth it! This one did a little more than live up to expectation. Some nicked history.. The station closed in October 2013 under the Large...