Monday, October 9, 2017

An abandoned light house...........in the movie Lost and Found...........my mother told me that her and her siblings would play hide and go seek in these when they were kids..........they have the middles of them gutted out now...........so there are no stairs to climb.........................WW2 towers..........to use triangulation..........to sight Nazi subs........

The East Coast is in the middle, passive area of a plate says the narrator of the short film on plate tectonics in the Natural History museum in DC...........with aerial pictures of a coastline.......that looks very much like the coastline of the Delmarva beaches.........



The Watch Towers that Line the DE Coast: Signs of World War II ...

https://shorebread.com/.../the-watch-towers-that-line-the-de-coast-signs-of-world-war-...
Jan 24, 2013 - Tower 5 — Lewes/Rehoboth, DE ... 1939 and 1942, used as watch towers during World War II, and expected to stand for only 20 years.


Groups look to save WWII towers on Delaware beaches - Baltimore Sun

www.baltimoresun.com/news/.../bs-md-delaware-wwii-towers-20160703-story.html
Jul 3, 2016 - Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes, Delaware features a Fire Control Tower ... With World War II over for 70 years now, the towers lining the shore are no ... Lewes to rollicking Dewey and gay- and family-friendly Rehoboth.

Delaware's World War II Towers, Delaware Beaches, South Bethany ...

www.aboutmybeaches.com/.../delawares-world-war-ii-towers-delaware-beaches-south...
Apr 18, 2010 - Delaware's World War II Towers, Delaware Beaches, South Bethany, Dewey Beach, Lewes, Rehoboth Beach, History Buffs, Fort Miles, ...

Fort Miles - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Miles
Fort Miles was an American military installation located on Cape Henlopen near Lewes, ... Fort Miles never saw any major action during World War II, firing its guns ... Five such towers still exist within the current boundaries of Cape Henlopen ...

WW II Observation Towers on Delaware Coast - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvzg0_uO8aA
Oct 9, 2013 - Uploaded by Wanda Kaluza
Concrete Observation Towers were part of America's coastal defense system ... WW II Observation Towers ...

World War II Observation Tower - Lewes, DE - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjbjsvc5snY
Sep 22, 2013 - Uploaded by Wanda Kaluza
A Fort Miles World War II Observation Tower used to protect the coast is located in Cape Henlopen State Park ...

Delaware's Shoreline Towers Made Line in Sand Against Enemy ...

articles.latimes.com/1997/nov/09/news/mn-51919
Nov 9, 1997 - Generations of beachgoers from Fenwick Island to Rehoboth have puzzled ... For Pearson, 70, who served in the Pacific during World War II and later ... of its original 1,440 acres to the Navy, the city of Lewes and the state.
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