File:Gun emplacement at Downing Point - geograph.org.uk - 1002142.jpg
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English: Gun emplacement at Downing Point FORTH DEFENCES; WORLD WAR I
Initially fitted with 4.7 inch guns pre-ww1, and these were replaced by 2x2pounders in 1917 just before the battery was decommissioned. View toward the Forth Bridge from WW1 gun emplacement on Downing Point. QE2 sits at anchor on final farewell visit to Scotland before retirement from Cunard operations. She is destined to become a floating hotel in Dubai. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1002148 More info on coastal battery http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/search/fr.cfm?rcn=RCAHMS06-50886 A closer look: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1002394 |
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| Author | Simon Johnston |
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