MYSTERY TOWERS.
y. '::*. : . LONDON^ Sept: 13, ThoUsapds of .people 'were mystu^dT dujring the war by the : sight of .workmen dus^ oh -..a building m- Shoreham harbor* withj; two huge towers of ' concrete an^d" steel;, which- were . cajle<3 "mystery' toners; he/cause the purpose for; which . thejA were "to be used was ne^er revealed, They have now been complete.!, e^cfe reaching a height :bf 180 ft. and Wdighjng 10,000 tons, tfie cost being about £1,250,000 each. One was launched ahd towed- ou^ from Shore* ham, ahd wall he sunk outaide Portsmouth harbor. /The summit will emerge above the water' and form part of *he defences of the Solent.— A. and N.Z.CVA. ■' •■■; ' "l/.-s- . .... >;.__j': ' -r-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15318, 14 September 1920, Page 5
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