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Beacon Hill. Trinity House built a lighthouse here in 1828 to test new types of lamps and reflectors and the lighting values of different types of oil. It was taken out of use in the 1870s.
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This was also said to be the site of a World War 1 anti-aircraft battery which claimed to have been the first to shoot down a Zeppelin (L15), although this was also claimed by the crew of an anti-aircraft gun at the Brent in Dartford. '