War Defense Gas Pipes?
Still at Gibraltar Point nature reserve, a large area of the sand dunes has an underground network of criss-crossed gas pipes.
Sometimes, parts of this network are exposed at the bottom of the many creeks around the area.
It is thought that during a sea-borne invasion, these pipes would have released phosphorous gas.
Whilst on our relic trail, we actually perchanced upon a section of the pipework which had come adrift probably through erosion.
The photograph (right) is a close-up of the pipe. Its heavily rusted condition suggests that it has been underwater for some years.
Yet another example of the piping was found nearby. This seemed to be made of lead.
On the video Roan gives an account of the incident in which he and his brother, Steve, found a phosphorus bomb in 2004.
The photo above shows Roan pointing out the site of the find. This area is plotted as a black dot on map C.
The find was a phosphorous cannister bearing the words ‘US Marines’. It was the propulsion unit of the launch missile.
The missile dates to the 1990s. The brothers telephoned the police, who, along with the bomb disposal unit, performed a controled explosion and removed the bomb from the public area. This process took around eight hours.
World War 2 Relic Trail
Skegness Video
21 min 37 sec - Jan 21, 2006
www.skegnessvideo.com
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