Observatory, Queen's Avenue, Aldershot
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Observatory, Queen's Avenue, Aldershot
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 10 Jul 2012
Dated 1906. It contains, or contained, an eight-inch refracting telescope. Grade II listed. A plaque records that it was "presented to the Aldershot Army Corps by Patrick Y Alexander Esq 1906". Its Wikipedia article remarks: "Just what use the British Army made of their new telescope is a bit of a mystery."
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Image Location
Latitude
51.258368
Longitude
-0.762491