Scarborough Lighthouse by Fred255
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Description
The lighthouse suffered in the famous Scarborough Bombardment of December 1914. Two German battlecruisers and a light cruiser, Derrflinger, Von der Tann and Kolberg, laid siege to both Scarborough and Hartlepool on that infamous day. Whilst the cruiser Kolberg was busy laying mines along the coast at Bridlington, Flamborough, Filey, Scarborough and Whitby the two battlecruisers began peppering the town of Scarborough with their 11"/12" guns at 8am and for the next thirty minutes created havoc within the Town. Over 200 buildings were damaged or destroyed and eight people killed. The lighthouse had however seemingly escaped unscathed until the last of the 520 shells tore into the upper part of the building, which was later demolished leaving only the lower part standing.
The building had only been insured for its original £500 cost and repairs alone were estimated at double that figure. Post-War austerity meant that repairs were left undone and it was not until some 14 years later that the Scarborough Townsmens Guild raised by subscription the £1,800 needed to repair the structure and a further £425 for the adjoining Pier House.
It was on the 22nd December 1931 that the
lighthouse was again officially re-opened.
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Comments (11)
ImRassilon
Excellent POV and a nice bit of history to go along with it. Great job!
lucindawind
this is a beautiful lighthouse ..fabulous shot !
dorothylee
Perfect POV and super color. Awesome capture!
greensleeves81
Amazing shot! War is nothing but stylised terrorrism.
koosievantutte
very fine shot, great pov
bmac62
War casualty...looks good today!
rainbows
A wonderful shot and interesting history too. Well done! Hugs. Spider. xx
petercp
I don't think I like to live in that period of time to many gun battles! yours lens did a great job there, a very nice capture! and the information first rate.
ontar1
Cool, excellent capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PD154
This is real cool mate!!!
Meowgli
great story and quite nice high-impact colouring.. I actually really like the distortion a swa-lens gives to lighthouses in general, and this is no exception - cool shot!