War 1770-1945!
Introduction
The photograph on this page of War 1770-1945! by Glyn Baker as part of the Geograph project.
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War 1770-1945!
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 18 Aug 2005
The building in the background is number 5 magazine of the Purfleet gunpowder store built around 1770. It is now a military museum see http://www.purfleet-heritage.com/index.html The lump of metal in the foreground is the rocket nozzle from a V2 rocket unearthed while building the A13 between Wennington and Aveley in 1997. 2013 update the V2 rocket engine has now been loaned to the Lashenden Air Museum in Kent http://www.lashendenairwarfaremuseum.co.uk/index.html
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Image Location
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