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Selsey sound mirror history | Sound Mirrors
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Acoustic early warning systems, spectacular remnants of a dead-end technology on the British coast. Selsey sound mirror history. The downloadable “Coastal Defence and Zeppelin Raids” chapter (number 9) of the Invasion threats and counter measures. Section of West Sussex County Council’s. Great War West Sussex 1914-18. Webpages features information on the Selsey sound mirror. Written by Martin Dale. This entry was posted in History. Kilnsea sound mirror in the Hull Daily Mail. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Railway modelling in Kandahar | Railways of Afghanistan
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Afghan railroads, past, present and future. Railway modelling in Kandahar. Matthew Picciotto built a HO (1:87) scale model railway module inspired by the Uzbekistan – Hairatan – Mazar-i-Sharif line. Read all about it in his article Free-mo in a foreign land. Free-mo in a foreign land Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine Having fun with model trains Instant access to model railway resources without barriers. This entry was posted in Models. Hairatan Harbor Economic Spot →. 16 August 2015 at 18:26. Subscribe t...
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Sound Mirrors | Acoustic early warning systems, spectacular remnants of a dead-end technology on the British coast
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Acoustic early warning systems, spectacular remnants of a dead-end technology on the British coast. Early warning sound mirrors. A forerunner of radar, acoustic mirrors were built on the south and northeast coasts of England. The sound mirrors at Denge in Kent. Have become quite famous, but it is less well known that a number of other mirrors existed, built to a range of different designs. These webpages bring together photographs. Of the surviving mirrors, and some details of where they are. A forerunne...
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Zeppelins over the Northeast | Sound Mirrors
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Acoustic early warning systems, spectacular remnants of a dead-end technology on the British coast. Zeppelins over the Northeast. To give early warning of raids, large concrete reflectors, or sound mirrors were built on the coast, to pick up the sound of airship engines with a microphone relaying the results to a nearby listener. One sound mirror can be seen near Fulwell windmill in Sunderland. Source: When war in the air came to the North East. Tony Henderson, The Journal, 3 February 2015. Fan Bay, Dover.
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Kilnsea sound mirror in the Hull Daily Mail | Sound Mirrors
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Acoustic early warning systems, spectacular remnants of a dead-end technology on the British coast. Kilnsea sound mirror in the Hull Daily Mail. 6) Kilnsea Sound Mirror. Fears of attacks on Hull during the First World War led to the construction of this concrete “sound mirror”. The dish, a precursor of radar, would focus the sounds of distant engines to a listener. It is said they could identify surface vessels or aircraft up to 25 miles away. 10 TOP secret places in Hull and East Yorkshire.
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New style | Sound Mirrors
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Acoustic early warning systems, spectacular remnants of a dead-end technology on the British coast. I have updated the WordPress theme for this site to one which is pretty similar but hopefully more mobile-friendly. Let me know if anything doesn’t work. This entry was posted in Miscellaneous stuff. 2015 Denge sound mirror open day date. Zeppelins over the Northeast →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. Sound mirrors on Twitter @ConcreteEar.
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Egyptian Railways website | Railways of Iraq
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News and information about railroads in Iraq. Mark Goldfinch, author of the excellent book. Steel in the Sand. Has an unofficial website on Egyptian Railways. The Egyptian Railways Diwan. Is described as “a website and blog area intended to fill the need for a space on the internet dedicated to people to share their knowledge, expertise, news, photos and stories about Egyptian Railways”, and looks well worth keeping an eye on. See this reviewed published by Railway Gazette International. UITP opens an of...
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Tours tram wireless operation | Andrew Grantham
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Various articles, mainly about railways. Tours tram wireless operation. Videos of Alstom Citadis 402 trams in the French city of Tours. Switching from 750 V DC overhead to APS ground-level power supply, outside the main station. APS catenary-free operation. Is used on a 1 8 km section of the line through the pedestrianised city centre. Design agency RCP developed the ‘architecture in motion’ theme. This entry was posted in Railways. Steam loco at InnoTrans 2014. Eurostar Velaro on test in Brussels →.
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Peshawar to Jalalabad railway project RFP issued | Railways of Afghanistan
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Afghan railroads, past, present and future. Peshawar to Jalalabad railway project RFP issued. Pakistan Railways issued an international request for proposals for a “Feasibility Study For New Rail Link Between Peshawar And Jalalabad Through Loi Shalman Valley” recently. I can’t track down exactly when it was issued, and the document is just dated “March, 2015”. The Loi Shilman valley (spelling varies) is in the loop of the Kabul River to the north of the Khyber Pass, while Jalalabad. Proposals were initia...
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Railways of Iraq | News and information about railroads in Iraq
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News and information about railroads in Iraq. World events have focused attention on Iraq in recent years. There was very little information available on the web about the country’s rail network, so in 2003 or so I put together some pages with various odds and ends. More information is always welcome! General information on railway lines in Iraq. Iraq rail news and updates. Of Iraq’s railways. Locomotives and rolling stock of Iraq. General Company For Iraqi RailWays. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Crash tes...
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