"Mushroom" pillbox
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"Mushroom" pillbox
Image: © John Myers Taken: 28 Dec 2008
A cast concrete "lid" supported by a central column gave this machine gun position a 360 degree field of fire. Part of the ring of WWII fortifications around what is now London Southend Airport.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.57841
Longitude
0.692074