Portsmouth Submarine Barrier

Fascinating. The mind boggles at the problems there must have been with the original construction.

I reckon you'd need to be a reasonably good helo pilot to land on the landing pads at No Man's in any sort of a breeze.
 
Fascinating photos. If you have never seen one of the Victorian artillery forts then try and do so, they are impressive pieces of civil engineering and the C19th equivalents of the nuclear deterrent. Whether or not the Palmerston Follies actually prevented Napoleon III trying it on may never be proved to a conclusion, but there are suggestions here and there that they may have been enough of a consideration to justify the cost. Bit like Trident, costs a lot, but what are the implications of not spending the money? Argue it one way or the other, but the Victorians did think the expenditure worthwhile, even if they did trim the original plans quite ruthlessly.
 
Thanks for those Mike - very interesting. I hadn't realised they originally had a mechanism to pull up a net across the solent - incredible!

Great pictures too.

Rick
 
Mike
Many thanks for the posting, one of the most interesting for a long time. Have been past them many times and often wondered what they were like inside. Had heard all the tales but now know it has an indoor pool and a revolving bed. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Hi Jez

No Mans Land is private - yes private - not a Hotel - I think they origionally planned to let it out for corporate events - hence the link that Giblets posted. Just had a quick look at his link again and was amused at the notes at the end

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