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    The Needles Batteries are two military batteries built above the Needles stacks to guard the West end of the Solent. The field of fire was from approximately...
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    The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ WYTE) is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, 2 to 5 miles (3 to 8 kilometres) off the coast...
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    Five open batteries were built housing 20 9" and 10" RMLs. After 1877 the batteries were designated by letter 'A' to 'E'. In 1900 the batteries were re-armed...
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    The Isle of Dogs is a large peninsula bounded on three sides by a large meander in the River Thames in East London, England. It includes the Cubitt Town...
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    in 2004. The batteries are accessible by car, foot, bicycle, and bus. Though there is a paved road up to The Old and The New batteries, access is on...
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  • Beatrice's (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA, with three batteries based at Ryde, Newport and Cowes with RHQ at Newport. The batteries were...
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    Yaverland Battery is a battery on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It was constructed between 1861 and 1864. It originally mounted eight 7-inch Armstrong...
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  • gun-floors. It has two seaward batteries meeting at a right angle. It became a functioning part of the new batteries on the heights above. At the same...
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    included: Sandown Barrack Battery, Isle of Wight Redcliff Battery, Isle of Wight Yaverland Battery, Isle of Wight Shotley Battery, Harwich, Essex Woodlands...
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    Lithium metal batteries are primary batteries that have metallic lithium as an anode. The name intentionally refers to the metal as to distinguish them...
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    solar panels and batteries, in a £3.5 million scheme completed in October 2018, the island has had a 24-hour electricity supply. Fair Isle is home to two...
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    Angle Battery is a former 19th-century gun battery on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. Situated close to the Verne Citadel, the battery is Grade...
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    Culver Battery is a former coastal artillery battery on Culver Down, on the eastern side of the Isle of Wight, England. The fortification is one of several...
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    The Isles of Scilly (/ˈsɪli/ SIL-ee; Standard Written Form: Syllan, Enesek Syllan, or Enesow Syllan) are a small archipelago off the southwestern tip...
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    National Poo Museum (category Museums on the Isle of Wight)
    The National Poo Museum on the Isle of Wight, southern England, is a museum dedicated to the collection, conservation and display of faeces. The museum...
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    Bouldnor Battery is a military battery located in Bouldnor on the Isle of Wight. It saw active service in World War II and was fully decommissioned in...
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    Isle of Wight County is a county in the Hampton Roads region of the U.S. state of Virginia. It is named after the Isle of Wight, England, south of the...
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    supported two nearby coast artillery batteries at Grain Fort and Grain Wing Battery, a short distance to the north. The battery's arc of fire overlapped with Grain...
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    batteries is by date of formation and was authorised by The Master Gunner in his decree of 1 November 1986. Precedence is accorded to RHA Batteries (despite...
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    Middle Ground isle in Mumbai Harbour, a few hundred metres away from the Gateway of India, in Thane Creek. The Middle Ground Coastal Battery was once part...
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    Enfield Automotive (category Companies based on the Isle of Wight)
    Greek millionaire Giannis Goulandris, production was moved to the Greek isle of Syros during the oil crisis of 1973, although the vehicles were, according...
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    electro-chemical batteries conversions are reversible, allowing electrical energy to be stored in chemical form. Most electric vehicles use lithium-ion batteries (Li-Ions...
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    destinations. Transport in the Isle of Man List of named corners of the Snaefell Mountain Course Speed limits in the Isle of Man Isle of Man Courier – Roieder...
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    Puckpool Battery (map reference SZ615923) is a battery located at Puckpool Point, close to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. It is one of the many...
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  • artillery batteries at Grain Fort and Dummy Battery, overlapping its arc of fire with Grain Tower just offshore and with Garrison Point Fort on the Isle of Sheppey...
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    Sandown Barrack Battery (map reference SZ594837) is a battery located in Sandown Bay close to Sandown on the Isle of Wight in England. It is one of the...
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    Hatherwood Battery (map reference SZ308857) is a battery located to the east of Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts...
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    Ennor, lit. 'The Mainland') is the largest and most populous island of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the southwest coast of Cornwall in England...
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    Warden Point Battery is a battery on the Isle of Wight begun in 1862, that was originally armed with 7-inch and 9-inch rifled muzzle loaders on barbette...
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    Woodland Redoubt: Kent, 1885 Beacon Hill Battery: Essex, 1889 Penlee Battery: Cornwall, 1889–1892. Steynewood Battery: Isle of Wight, 1889–1894 North Weald Redoubt:...
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