About 10 or so miles from where we live is this place. It's RAF Harrington airbase, used by bomber command & USAF in WW2 it was demolished post 1945 and reinvented in the '50's as a top secret MOD thermonuclear Thor missile site. This is all that's left of the 3 launch pads - the big concrete slabs are the blast walls. It's a grade 2 listed historical site - not that the farmer that owns it gives a ..........
Historical info here http://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/AirfieldHistory.htm
Blast Walls
harrington by Infraredd, on Flickr
blast wall by Infraredd, on Flickr
Conduits
Conduit 1 by Infraredd, on Flickr
Conduit 2 by Infraredd, on Flickr
pipe1 by Infraredd, on Flickr
pipe2 by Infraredd, on Flickr
Control bunker ish
control structure by Infraredd, on Flickr
Remaining structures
structure1 by Infraredd, on Flickr
structure1 front by Infraredd, on Flickr
structure 2 by Infraredd, on Flickr
structure 3 by Infraredd, on Flickr
Odd bits
mounting by Infraredd, on Flickr
fox set by Infraredd, on Flickr
As you can see there is not much left
Historical info here http://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/AirfieldHistory.htm
Blast Walls
harrington by Infraredd, on Flickr
blast wall by Infraredd, on Flickr
Conduits
Conduit 1 by Infraredd, on Flickr
Conduit 2 by Infraredd, on Flickr
pipe1 by Infraredd, on Flickr
pipe2 by Infraredd, on Flickr
Control bunker ish
control structure by Infraredd, on Flickr
Remaining structures
structure1 by Infraredd, on Flickr
structure1 front by Infraredd, on Flickr
structure 2 by Infraredd, on Flickr
structure 3 by Infraredd, on Flickr
Odd bits
mounting by Infraredd, on Flickr
fox set by Infraredd, on Flickr
As you can see there is not much left