Brighton Road & Kingston Lighthouse, Southwick, Sussex, c.1915-20, Ref- 536 - - click image below to return

Mystery Tower & Kingston Lighthouse, Southwick, Sussex, c.1919-21, Ref- 524 - - click image below to return

Ref- 524a, Google Street View Apr.2015 - click image below to return

Mystery Tower, Southwick, Sussex, c.1919-21, Ref- 523 - click image below to return Because of German U-boat attacks and fears of an invasion, the Admiralty planned a series of towers that would stretch from Dungeness, Kent, to the Coast of France. They were over 90ft high, and intended to be joined by steel boom nets and mines. The towers were also armed with guns and up to 100 men. Work starting June 1918. Secrecy caused the the locals to nickname them the 'Mystery Towers'. WW1 ended November 1918, the towers never being used. Several towers were built, including the two at Southwick. In 1920 the completed tower was towed out to the Portsmouth approaches, becoming the Nab Tower off the Isle of Wight, still there to this day. Read more here

Mystery Towers, Southwick, Sussex, c.1918-20, Ref- 535 - - click image to return

Kingston & Southwick from the air, Sussex, c.1917, postcard contributed- Peter Whitcomb, Ref- w156 - click image to return Kingston lighthouse can be seen just above the towers to the left.

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