Decoy

At the side of the road from the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge across Seal Sands towards Hartlepool stands this pair of structures. They comprise (left) the generator/command bunker and (right) shelter of a WWII decoy site. Both buildings were originally covered with earth. The command bunker was connected to a Starfish Decoy some distance away across the marshes. This would have been lit to give the impression of burning buildings to lure bombers away from their intended targets along the Tees.

The background features the Huntsman Tioxide, Greatham Works.