Aerial photos and historic maps

NigelLawton009 · 2007-09-05T11:21:03+00:00

Hi,I am new to USENET and new to this group. I found the group whilstsearching for historic aerial photos and maps of the Cuckmere Valley/Exceat close to Seaford in East Sussex which was the site of a 2ftgauge industrial railway for much of the middle half of the 20thcentury (certainly 1930-1960). I live in Seaford and as a narrowgauge industrial railway fan am naturally interested. Here is anhistoric aerial photo from in which you can justabout make out some track (zoom in to 1/2km x 1/2km). would like to call on the combined knowledge of the group to adviseme on the whereabouts either on the web or elsewhere of historic mapsand other historic aerial photos of this area. I am hoping to findsomething that more clearly shows the trackbed. I have a historic mapfrom the 'Sussex Narrow Gauge' book by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith butit is pretty sparse on detail. I feel sure there is some bettermaterial out there, higher resolution, more detailed. I am balkingslightly at paying =A376 to without knowing that thephoto will show anything new.Many thanksNigel Lawton

Sep 05, 2007 24 Replies

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MartinS 18 years ago

RAF 617 (Dambusters) Squadron went on to do pinpoint drops from high altitude of Tall Boy and Grand Slam ground-penetrating earthquake bombs, which were more effective at collapsing bridge piers.

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Greg Procter 18 years ago

Sure, but that wasn't the norm for allied bombing and 'pinpoint' wasn't and still isn't. As a model railway parallel, operating precise prototype scale wheel and track standards in N scale is done, but not by Dapol or Graham Farish.

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Paul Boyd 18 years ago

This sort of thing is exactly what tinyurl was made for.

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Dragon Heart 18 years ago

The only two narrow gauge railways in Seaford I can find reference to are a 3' 6" steam / freight only line which was less than 1/4 mile long owned by a George Young which operated for a couple of years at the end of the 1890's plus a 24" line at Seaford Head used in WWII by the Canadian Army or Air Force as a target practice line. Ran from South Hill Barn about 1 mile in length. Some "cuttings" remain. Try "Barrack to Bunkers" by Peter Longstaff-Tyrrell Sutton Publishing 2002

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