Virtual Globetrotting : Blog | Scavenger Hunt | Forums | Stats | FAQ | Links | Tools | 10 Users, 605 Visitors Online
Login or Create Account to Submit Maps

WWI Sound Mirror




Rate: Bad [ Rate as 1 Rate as 2 Rate as 3 Rate as 4 Rate as 5 Rate as 6 Rate as 7 Rate as 8 Rate as 9 Rate as 10 ] Good
WWI Sound Mirror


No Thumbnail


No Thumbnail
Google Maps Google MapsLive Local Live LocalYahoo Maps Yahoo Maps
  Update Thumb  
  Update Thumb  
  Update Thumb  
Name:WWI Sound Mirror
Description:A forerunner of Radar, acoustic mirrors were built on the south and northeast coasts of England between about 1916 and the 1930s. The 'listening ears' were intended to provide early warning of incoming enemy aeroplanes and airships about to attack coastal towns. With the development of faster aircraft the sound mirrors became less useful, as an aircraft would be within sight by the time it had been located, and radar finally rendered the mirrors obsolete.

Many more in the more-info link if anyone wants to hunt them down.
More Info:Link
Submitted By:kjfitz @ 2006-11-27 22:49:55
Google Earth:Download to Google Earth (KML)
Google Maps:View in Google Maps
Live Local:View in Live Local
Yahoo Maps:View in Yahoo Maps
Latitude:54.92962200
Longitude:-1.39397600
Views:91
Map Rating:10.00 (based on 1 votes)
Rate This Map:Bad [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ] Good
City:Castletown
Country:United Kingdom (GB)
Thumbnails
Google Maps:kjfitz @ 2006-11-27 22:49:55

Categories:
Tell:
+ Site Favorites
 Email This Link 
  Digg This Map  
   del.icio.us   
Share:
   Share Pics   
   Share Story   

Nearby Maps: (108)
  1. Sunderland Greyhound Stadium (1.5km)
  2. Stadium of Light (1.7km)
  3. Seaburn Fun Park (1.8km)
  4. Shore Battery (1.8km)
  5. S/S Manxman (2.1km)
  6. Concrete blobs (2.6km)
  7. Wreck of the concrete tug Cretehawser (2.8km)
  8. Hylton Castle (3.2km)
  9. Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. plant (4.4km)
  10. Vampire, Canberra, and Vulcan (4.9km)
98 more...



No comments

Post a comment: [Policies]

Please log in if you don't want to post anonymously.

Anonymous users cannot post links.

Name: Anonymous
Comment:
Anti-Spam Code: Please enter the code below:
Please enable images and enter code to post
Pre-Caching Vote image


Contact Admins | Policies | XHTML 1.0 | CSS 2 | Hosted by ServerBeach | 26 queries | cache 3h 0m | 58ms