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Maunsell Sea & Air Forts, Thames and Mersey estuaries, United Kingdom

Maunsell Sea & Air Forts, Thames and Mersey estuaries, United Kingdom
The forts were used during World War II.
Mansell Forts/Wikipedia

During World War II, the Maunsell Army Sea & Air Forts were built to defend England against German forces. Raised above the water on stilts, the forts were designed by Guy Maunsell, a British civil engineer.

The forts officially closed in the 1950s, but the structures that remain can occasionally be seen from land at East Beach Park in Southend-on-Sea.

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