Barrhead ROC Bunker: GZI Mount
Introduction
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Barrhead ROC Bunker: GZI Mount
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 23 May 2016
For context, and for the main description, see Image At the back, in the present photograph, is the access hatch. In front of it is the GZI Mount, the support for the Ground Zero Indicator. The instrument itself, no longer present, was in the form of a drum with pinholes, and with photosensitive paper inside. It worked on similar lines to a sunshine recorder, but its purpose was to record the direction and elevation of nuclear blasts.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.803494
Longitude
-4.405885