grain tower #shorts urbex #shorts #graintower @richie wellock @Richard Wellock https://youtu.be/r75wk0zouVU now released video of full get away the fort is situated is about half a km out into the Medway and joins to the the Thames outspill giving this Fort its adress of number 1 The Thames, built to protect local dockyards from the French attempts on sabootage of our armoury magazines and boat stocks, but mainly the access to the hart of the capital and its important trade ships into the docks of the thames. The magazines at Purfleet, Chatham Dockyard and the armaments and ship yard and dry docks. The fort was constructed on Grain Spit and can on low tides but beware its a quick tide so when it does come in it can be very fast Its location while poor is designed as a fire wall to overlap the many gun points on shore and gave extended range and gunnery support in Napolic but only on the war fare of that time. So by the time completed it was a white elephant of the Medway and not greatly used in the war it was designed for, even with ith it projectile shells as to cannon ball style cannons. laying good foundations and construction was paused until 1853 from initial start of 1948. It took nearly two years for the in 1855 and was finished. In the fort was ammunition stores and evidence still is there for these rooms plus welfare and live on board Hammack rooms. The 1860 brought a new addition to the fort in that Of grain fort to give further cross fire range and that project was then started in addition to enhancing its other main land defence structurers. with this new structure they dropped the calibre size of cannons to 32 pounder shot. like Nelson HMS Victory as well as lower pounder cannon. After the even newer war ships like the HMS Warrior this became obsolete again as torpedo's were now coming in as well as Iron submarines like the Holland submarine. So yet again this Fort was a white elephant again. But came into its own as a coms mast possible to aid the infant Arial attacks which were new possibility, new guns came again but as small shell firing guns. At last the forts time was here in the second world war, so big changes a huge garrison for accomadation fod training rooms on stillts and built in brick also proper toilets were added, a higher tower with sea directing gunnery housing pluss search light added tor air defence stategy. The walk ways and concrete steps are pretty perished now and about to give way now since its last days of active service in 1944. Still in MOD portfolio till 1956 and then was decominstioned due to intrests in the 1645 ROC post being built and taking there budget up for cold war readyness. Today the tower is still standing just although is listed as at risk by Engligh Heritage designated the ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xh0NYAodqo

manoeffen mine slate short video of , basicly I found this old footage and decided to do a short vid of the massive mine I was in for 6 hours ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7leZ1DnB7Mk

#30 so this is the hidden secret village in the woods that is owned by the UK government , ok fair enough it did not used to be in the woods and they have grown up all around it, To most this is a secret place that barely even dog walkers find. Surrounded in treas and fencing this hidden village is secret to most .now cut of to power and the national grid this place only new additions are covid 19 notes in the Hall. This is a quick video of as ive got more video with some awesome content coming out stay tuned, Slam that sub button and rind a ding that bell for the new stuff soon as it lands on here. As to why its there is in the next video were all explained and less music and more talking from me . is that a good or bad thing let me know in the comments, more music and less talking ???? #abandonedplaces #urbanexplore #secretwoods ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kSgMKfD0cs

The Ashtonian Oldham Victorian Tram was a small gauge tram that was for delivery of coal and pig iron to the Victorian iron works of Parkbridge and to transport finished goods towards the bright shop and back towards the Fairbottom canal . I feel it was a tramway that differed from the gauge of main tram way on waggon road on the Victorian Parkbridge Iron works site , This is based on the two different gauge tracks that were at the site , As romantic as the idea is I also seriously dough the the Ashtonian tram ever went down this tunnel, this is only based on no soot deposits were observed on the tunnel key stones, but that's just me so as ive not mentioned nill about the history in the Victorian tunnel video . Here is some history in a video from Martin Zero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpI4Ihxc2zQ #parkbridge #Tameside #Oldham ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV7KtIyaBKI