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	Creatively Converted Sea Forts of Great Britain:

pitim

9-4-2008 10:57 PM

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Couldn't clip it all, enjoy,

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9-5-2008 3:39 AM

merrie

Thanks pitim, very intriguing idea!

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Since being decommissioned, many of these have gained strange second lives as everything from luxury resorts and private retreats to micronations and pirate radio stations. It sounds extreme, but be honest: wouldn’t you want a sea fort of your very own?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/12EA5FA8-C3FC-42B8-9F10-160AB68EC99D" alt="Military Sea Forts" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/DBFF5377-05F8-48F2-AD54-30D24F5744C7" alt="Sealand" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/"><P>Guy Maunsell is responsible for an amazing series of WWII <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts" title="Wikipedia: Maunsell Forts">army and navy sea forts</A>, many of which still stand today. One of the most infamous of his navy sea forts has since been converted into a micronation named Sealand. Four navy forts (shown above) were pre-constructed and then arrayed off the coast of Britain to expand radar coverage and provide anti-aircraft fire with huge mounted guns. So how did they put them in place? The base pillars were carried out by barge and then the whole structure is sunk and filled with water.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/698A94CC-C56F-4476-80D0-3804B8C9542D" alt="Army Sea Forts" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6XZvn-KdaOA&hl=en" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/">No Man’s Land Fort has actually been converted into a luxury resort</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/7ECC4BD2-39FC-4D1B-9979-D097B74741A7" alt="Converted Sea Fortress" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C61DDFC8-8E3C-424F-8012-3251C5CAB6B7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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