What do I do with old rusty sea forts seventy years ago that continue to rise above the sea waters, has long done its job? The mass of options, if not infinite.

 And England, no doubt, was not going to just take and give up.
"Who do you want to cheat, Mr. Hitler, believing that the old England cap?" So sang a song about World War II.
From a distance, the structure does not look great, but look at the number of windows and height of the floors. In the 1950s, ceased to be in the forts of the incident. In one of the platforms Norwegian ship crashed, killing 4 people. What do you do with these buildings?
Monsell design was used in the construction of drilling platforms. In fact, the first offshore oil rig has been constructed by drawing forts Monsell. If only for this reason the structure are of great historical significance.
 In contrast, the British invented a lot of strange, but effective ways to protect their own borders.








Fort successfully fought off the Luftwaffe attacks, and can only hope that he just cope with the indifference to itself and survive the test of time.

 These include sea forts and Monsell, remnants of which are now slowly rusting away.
 But maybe not too late to save them from an inglorious death and give a second life?
 Forts at the mouth of the Thames and Mersey were built to protect the two major ports through which the besieged island of getting food and equipment. That fort, what you see in the photos, designed for protection against air raids.
And although it is not recommended for these forts to visit, one of them still have a ladder on which you can get inside: an invitation for the brave and the curious.
When France fell, Germany was the hunt for British ships in the English Channel. In addition, the German pilots did not prevent raids on the docks of London.
The Admiralty gave the Monsell task of building five sea forts. The bases of each flooded so that they could move around the sand and soil at the bottom.
Seven platforms in a semicircle: the five anti-aircraft guns were placed, sixth in the center was assigned a command post and on the seventh there were searchlights.
Anti-aircraft batteries on the ground are about the same. Previously, all connected by a platform, and seventy years ago it was a formidable fortress. It was something to see.
This location platform was justified: he could defend the fort and engage more effectively. If you are worried about how people get from one platform to another, you can relax: it was intended. Earlier buildings were connected by steel tubular passages.