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Sandown Fort
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Sandown Fort is a fort built in Sandown on the Isle of Wight in the middle of Sandown Bay. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived French in
The fort houses the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, formerly known as the Isle of Wight Zoo.
The fort houses the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, formerly known as the Isle of Wight Zoo.
Operation Pluto
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Operation Pluto was an operation by British engineers, oil companies and the British Armed Forces to build oil pipelines under the English Channel to support Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of
Sandown Fort
…added. The fort was sold in 1930 but during World War II the fort played a significant role in the D-Day landings as it housed sixteen pumps for the PLUTO (Pipe Line Under The Ocean) operation to keep the Allied forces supplied with fuel. Each of the 16 pumps supplied 36,000 imperial gallons (1,000 barrels…
The pumping station at Sandown, originally disguised as Brown's Ice Cream
The pumping station at Sandown, originally disguised as Brown's Ice Cream
A Conundrum is towed across the English Channel laying out pipe to Cherbourg
A Conundrum is towed across the English Channel laying out pipe to Cherbourg
Captain J. F. Hutchings, commander of Operation Pluto
Captain J. F. Hutchings, commander of Operation Pluto
A section of Hais pipe with the layers successively stripped away
A section of Hais pipe with the layers successively stripped away