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 | This is the site of the old Riverview Needles Airport, which was closed 1964-65. |  | 07/30/2007 | 790 | 
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 | "The Needles" new battery is a product of subsidence problems and concerns about the old battery.
The main armanant composed of three BL 9.2 inch (233.7 mm) pieces and saw action during World War Two.
The battery today:
It is currently abandoned. |  | 09/04/2009 | 35 |
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 | Haystack Rock and The Needles are the stones seen from the beach the in The Goonies. |  | 12/03/2005 | 572 |
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 | This Victorian coastal battery was used during World War 2 as observation point for the 'New battery'. It's main armanant composed of anti-aircraft guns.
The battery today: It is currently opened to the public.
Website:www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-theneedlesoldbattery | | 09/04/2009 | 53 |
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 | Black Knight was a British launch vehicle to test and verify the design of a re-entry vehicle for the Blue Streak missile.
The United Kingdom's first indigenous rocketry project, Black Knight was manufactured by Saunders-Roe on the Isle of Wight, had its engines tested at The Needles and was launched at Woomera in Australia.
Designed in 1955 by the Royal Aircraft E... | | 09/04/2009 | 43 |
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