Shivering Sands Fort (SSF)

This is the Shivering Sands Fort, built in the Thames estuary off of the coast of England during WWII. Its main purpose was to serve as a last line of defense against an aquatic invasion by the Germans. Constructed out of steel boxes that sit upon prestressed concrete piers; it acted as a platform for a variety of weapon systems including cannons and machine guns. All of the "orbiting pods" connected to an inner "control pod", while the furthest pod contained a spot light.

These units soon fell into disrepair by the 50's and were commandeered by DJ's as pirate radio stations in the 60's. Sometime later a stray ship crashed and collapsed one of the towers. Recently (2005) a lonely artist stayed there for a period of time documenting some of the things he came across, his blog is linked here http://www.seafort.org/blog/index.html

You can see in this picture that one of the towers is missing. Also the saltwater quickly corroded the steel, eventually bringing down the catwalks that connected all of the "Pods"(I think).