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Southsea Telegraph StationSouthsea Telegraph Station, Portsmouth |
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telegraph station, shutter telegraph |
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Southsea Common Southsea Portsmouth Hampshire SZ6399 |
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JandMN |
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Portsmouth was once protected by massive artillery style fortifications. The
first shutter telegraph station was at the foot of the glacis in front of the
bastions and ravelins on the SE of the town, where it met Southsea Common; 5
miles from the Portsdown Hill Telegraph; the end of the line. The station was
moved when the town expanded and houses and smoke spoiled the line of sight. Its
new position was at the Litte Morass, close by where Clarence Pier now
stands. |
| previous station |
Portsdown Hill Telegraph, Havant |
| end station of |
Portsmouth Shutter Telegraph Line |
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Glacis Telegraph, The - telegraph station, shutter telegraph |
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| refce: |
Holmes, T W: 1983: Semaphore, The: Stockwell, Arthur (Ifracombe, Devon):: ISBN 0
7223 1629 1 at the glacis of the curtain of the fortifications, about 250yds east of Kings Bastion, after 1807 it was moved nearer the Little Morass near Clarence Pier; on Southsea Common near Governors Green west of Clarence Pier |
Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001