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Red Sands Radio Fort

with the American TV Travel Channel

Filming to camera with the American Travel Channel for 'Expedition Unknown - Legendary Locations' for Circle the Globe Productions, 1840 Dana Street, Glendale, CL 91201, California, USA

Sailing from the All Tide Landing, Queenborough, Isle-of-Sheppey on 15th March 2018

Crew aboard the X-Pilot hanging off Southern Gun Tower 1 on the flood tide

KESS Car Transporter inbound Yantlet Channel
An old Padlock after a few months exposure

George Wilcox, Dave Phillips & Evan B Stone

Joe James loading kit into a jumbo bag to be hauled up

Radio Invicta hatch from Record Library to Studio and Transmitter Room

Reverse view Radio Invicta hatch from Studio and Transmitter room to Record Library

* Hole through Red Sands Radio Generator Room 2018
An old EL83 valve on one of the Red Sands Radio Generators

* In 2007 spent two days with a cold chisel making a small hole to let out rainwater that flooded the Generator room, note the size of the hole 10 years latter indicating how quickly the Forts are rusting away

See Red Sands Radio Fort Generators

The collapsed Red Sands Radio Antenna

Dave Phillips and Joe James survey the sight filmed by Evan B Stone

The collapsed Red Sands Radio Antenna

Bob Le-Roi securing the Red Sands Radio Antenna

Three of us managed to haul the collapsed Red sands Radio Antenna and place it safely across the Gun Tower Roof

Note the twist at the base of the Antenna where the repair failed following the fire

Ebbing tide around Gun Tower #4 legs

X-Pilot makes her way to pick-up the film crew

Video Clip: X-Pilot comes alongside

X-Pilot with crew member Bob Vine comes alongside
Bob Le-Roi & Dave Phillips on top deck of X-Pilot

Southern Gun Tower #1 secured

Joe James and Danny with a Drone on deck

North Redsand Buoy

Video Clip: North Redsand Buoy

Southern Gun Tower # 1 with Red Sands Radio Antenna Capacitance hat

Passing under the Southern Gun Tower #1 to Control Tower catwalk
Gun Tower #2

Searchlight Tower
Searchlight Tower Generator Louvres

Searchlight Tower

Southern GunTower
Bofors, G1, Control, G2, Searchlight & G4

The twist at the base of the Antenna noticeable in left image

Six of seven Towers, searchlight out of view to right

Back ashore at Queenborough

Steve Gove - PRS, Danny - DoP, Bob Le-Roi - RSR, Geoge Wilcox - NL Local Producer, Jimmy - Technical Support & Drone Pilot, Joe James - Producer, Evan B Stone - DoP

Queenborough from the sea wall at low tide

Video Clip : Legendary Locations

Legend: DoP = Director of Photography, NL = Norfolk Locations, PRS = Project-Redsand RSR = Red Sands Radio

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