Javier Molina
No creature can learn that which his heart has no shape to hold
The Fort and cause way in Grain
Posted on June 4, 2020
Another view of the Fort in Grain, Kent, by the river Medway:
- These two Fort in Grain images form part of my on going Imaginations projects. I would appreciate it if you took the time to view the others. Thank you!
- Imagination I
- Imaginations II
- Imaginations III
- Imaginations IV
- Imaginations V
- Imagination VI
Grain Fort and cause-way
Posted on June 3, 2020
Grain Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower situated offshore just east of Grain, Kent, standing in the mouth of the River Medway. It was built along the same lines as the Martello towers that were constructed along the British and Irish coastlines in the early 19th century and is the last-built example of a gun tower of this type. It owed its existence to the need to protect the important dockyards at Sheerness and Chatham from a perceived French naval threat during a period of tension in the 1850s.
Rapid improvements to artillery technology in the mid-19th century meant that the tower was effectively obsolete as soon as it had been completed. A proposal to turn it into a casemated fort was dropped for being too expensive. By the end of the 19th century the tower had gained a new significance as a defence against raids by fast torpedo boats. It was used in both the First and Second World Wars, when its fabric was substantially altered to support new quick-firing guns. It was decommissioned in 1956 and remains derelict today.
From Great Mongeham to Northbourne
Posted on March 26, 2020
It was the day before the Great Lockdown in England and the first sunny Sunday:
