Fort victoria. Some interesting old pictures

[solehunter]

Every IOW shore angler must have fished here at least once in their fishing lives so i though these pics may be of interest to them.
Built around 1866-70 (i think) much of it was two stories plus, but all of that has now been removed so all we now see is just the one `L` shape row of single arches. Still trying to find out when much of this demolition took place.
Late 50`s???

From sconce point looking east


Toward the toilet block


The courtyard




Looking SE. I remember going in that small terrace on the left when they were ruins.


Toward sconce


Again, toward sconce point



The toilet block


Sconce point


Demolition






From the toilet block looking NE


Approaching the main entrance (referb pics)






From the pier looking South (is that an old torpedo on the shingle)?


Officers mess or cell block???


Cant picture this angle myself ??

[lighty]

well done m8, love this sort of stuff.
Always wondered why the Arches? quite a big place when it was in its prime then.

lighty

ps, no wonder its so snaggy off there, half that rubbish must have gone overboard!

[solehunter]

Nov 19, 2009 21:31:58 GMT lighty said:

well done m8, love this sort of stuff.
Always wondered why the Arches? quite a big place when it was in its prime then.

lighty

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s,o o wonder its so snagy off f there, half that rubbish must have gone overboard!

I guess the arches were for strengh like how an eggshell is strong from tip to tip. Yeah it looked to be a huge complex. I know golden hill fort used 10 million bricks, so i reckon this used a lot more than that!

[squideyebarnes]

never new it was that big its huge!
good stuff!

[abuc4]

good stuff m8
makes u wonder y thay took the top off

[stevieboy]

Thanks for posting Dave, great bit of local history.

[fishbeach]

nice 1 dave do like history