| Name: | Floodlight (destroyed), Old Southend Road, Howe Green |
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| SMR Number: | 20880 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 747 020 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL70SW |
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| Parish: | SANDON, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Floodlight (destroyed)
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in October 1946 shows an experimental “floodlight” standing in a field to the W of Old Southend Road. The concrete base of its generator building can be seen a few yards away to the NE. <1>
The site is now a large grazing paddock. Nothing survives of the floodlight or its base.
<1> RAF, 1946, CPE-UK 1788-3253, October 1946 (AP). SEX62341.
Monument Types
- FLOODLIGHT (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Visit by Fred Nash - Jan 2005 (Ref: Nash CHL Jan 2005)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 6.3
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 6
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. CPE-UK 1788-3253. October 1946. |
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