The only remaining radar mast at Bawdsey

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The only remaining radar mast at Bawdsey by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.

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The only remaining radar mast at Bawdsey

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 11 Oct 2014

This mast was to have been dismantled but local public outcry saved it from the scrapyard. The antenna have been removed and it is less than it was but a memorial to the work of Robert Watson-Watt and the many others who developed Radar just in time for World War Two.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.993647
Longitude
1.408763