WAR SECRET REVEALED.
. ' ftbteRKABLE DEFENCE WORKS, jßr JWetrtph.—Press Assn.— Copyright Received Sept. la, ILS p.m. London, Sept. 12. Thousands of people were mystified ' iftirlng tie war by the sight of workjßejTbusy building in Shoreham harbor |«o huge towera of concrete and steel, Which Were called mystery towers, beeuse the purpose for which they were bo used was never revealed. They fcaye, no* been completed, each reaching ' H height df 180 feet, weighing ten thousand tons, and costing about £1,250,000 i. Mch. One wte. launched and towed oat •. from Shoreham, and it will be sunk outside Portsmouth harbor. The sum- . toit will emerge above water and form ert of the defences of the Solent.— uter Service.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1920, Page 5
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115WAR SECRET REVEALED. Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1920, Page 5
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