Luchtwachttoren 7Z3 - Oud Schoonebeek NL
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dreamhummie
N 52° 39.070 E 006° 52.698
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Watchtower named 7Z3 Oud Schoonebeek standing on Portlandweg nearby Schoonebeek The Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WME6E5
Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Date Posted: 04/09/2012
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Watchtower build during the "Cold War" to watch out for enemy planes that were flying beneath the reach of the radar
Airwatchtower in Schoonebeek (Drenthe). Build in 1954 as one 138 watchtowers in a network of 276 posts during the "cold war". To detect enemy plaines that flew beneath the radar.
As camouflage there were planted trees around the towers.
The height is 10.5 meters, the building material concrete. The owner is Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij and is an Provincial Monument. It is not accessible. At this moment it is only visible from the road.
There are about 10 of this towers left in the Netherlands, most of them in bad state.
In Drenthe there can be found an other one: in Echten.