Tag: Two Tree Island

1 December 202027 December 2020 By Liam Heatherson

Two Tree Island Old Sewage Works

Two Tree Island was reclaimed from the Thames in the late 1700’s and was used as farmland until 1910 when a sewage works was constructed on part of the site. These sewage works were used for the majority of the 20th century. During the North Sea Floods of 1953 two of the sewage workers had…

1 December 202019 February 2021 By Liam Heatherson

Two Tree Island Pillbox

A pillbox can be found, which is located on the very eastern most point of Two Tree Island (just before the marshland), facing out at the invader coming down the Thames. It was in poor condition, suffering a gaping hole in it’s roof, and the concrete around it flaking away with the lightest touch. Despite…