Filmwasters
Which Board? => Photo Essays => : charles binns November 14, 2015, 02:11:53 PM
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The Isle of Grain is found in Kent at the tip of the Hoo peninsula. It is no longer an island and is now mainly marshland. The main feature of interest is a Napoleonic fort about a quarter of a mile off the shore which can be reached by a crumbling causeway at low tide. The fort was originally a Martello tower but extra barracks were built adjacent to the structure later. The tower served as an artillery fort until the 1950s, protecting the mouth of the River Medway and in the First World War anti submarine nets were strung across the River Medway and attached at one end to it. You can still see the heavy chain which held the netting, wrapped around the tower.
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These images were shot with my Crown Graphic, loaded with HP5+ with a couple of frames of TMax 100.
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Very nice set there Charles. The last 3 are quite striking. I have never heard of the place (not surprising), but it looks like one of those interesting places that locals go to get away from tourists.
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Appropriate name for filmwasting! ;D
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Did you stay out there for a whole Tide cycle, or run out, set up and shoot and race the Tide back? Nice Essay.
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I turned up at low tide. Thanks for your comments
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"Kent online" news website this morning has a story about the Grain Tower Battery. (Pics not as good as yours, Charles... :)).
It's just gone on the market for a guide price of half a million quid.
Splendid sea views, but no running water or mains power!
Cool postal address though... No.1 The Thames.