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Concealed behind the cliff face of the #EastSussex coast is the fascinating #NewhavenFort. Completed in 1869, the #AncientMonument was designed by 24 year old #RoyalEngineer #LtJohnCharlesArdagh as part of an ambitious coastal defence project. Commissioned by Prime Minister #LordPalmerston to protect Britain’s #coastline from a growing naval threat from #NapoleonIII.
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In 1979, the Victorian #NewhavenFort was scheduled as an #AncientMonument. #LtJohnCharlesArdagh used #Concrete formulas innovated by the #RoyalEngineers to achieve the first mass use of the material in a military structure. Readily available shingle from Newhaven beach was mixed with #Chalk burned to #Lime and transported on the #VictorianRailway from the nearby #BalcombePit.
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#LtJohnCharlesArdagh’s #NewhavenFort is an exemplar of the #Victorian drive to both technologically innovate as well as design beautiful and powerful buildings. To span the unusually wide moat, Ardagh created (& patented) an #EquilibrumBridge & used Middle Eastern architectural design principles for the #Souq like #Casemates that flank the parade ground & ornate #JaliVents.
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