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.
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
there is ww2 footage existing of south coast exercises where the beaches were literally set on fire as a defence against invasion how this was done is unknown but petrol dispersion systems and bottle gas could easily be improvised if necessary.The raf in lincolnshire used Fido on airfields to disperse fog using burning parafin[kerosene]in pipes around airfields maybe something similar was used.proof would be an underground fuel storage area and pumping equipment for the fuel