Corpsmancollector Posted May 13, 2010 Share #76 Posted May 13, 2010 They're some fantastic photos! Must have been wonderful to explore them all. One day, I hope to make it out West... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted May 13, 2010 Share #77 Posted May 13, 2010 Yeah, those photos bring back some great memories. I used to go there whenever I could when I was stationed at Travis AFB in the 1990's. I loved that place. The 16" casemates were awesome! -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunbarrel Posted July 4, 2011 Share #78 Posted July 4, 2011 kphfun, There is an excellent article on this on the current issue (No. 152) of "After the Battle" magazine. It's titled "Guarding the Golden Gate." The article shows a couple of pictures taken at the same time time this one (below) was taken, but not this particular one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dave Posted July 5, 2011 Share #80 Posted July 5, 2011 Wow! Fascinating! Never paid much attention to the thread, but now that I live in the area, this is really neat! I'll have to go investigating! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Bibliotecario Posted July 5, 2011 Share #81 Posted July 5, 2011 . An interesting thing about the south Marin County area is that one can see three generations of fortifications. The pre-World War I installations with no overhead cover have been lavishly illustrated in this thread, as well as the World War II constructions with overhead cover. In one of the photos, I believe the putrid-green colored buildings in the foreground are the former admin area for the Nike Herc site near Ft Cronkite--the third generation of ''fortifications.' Anyone visiting the area should stop by SF88--the fire control area is history, but the launcher area has been preserved and restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agate hunter Posted July 7, 2011 Share #82 Posted July 7, 2011 coastal artillery forts are some of the coolest things to explore and have very interesting histories. my favorites are the ones around where i live around the mouth of the columbia, ft canby, ft columbia, and ft stevens. if i lived closer i would be a member of ft stevens and be active in the stuff over there, but i live too far away (about 100 miles). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer333555 Posted July 8, 2011 Share #83 Posted July 8, 2011 Kph- Lack of grafiti is not necessarily an indication of accessiblity. It may be one of the indicators, though... As a member of the Army Ground Forces Association, I once went inside the mortar batter at Sandy Hook/Fort Hancock. We needed lanterns. Lanterns, mind you, as the lack of light in these batteries make them very dark. So dark that you may as well be 200 hundred feet underground, and flashlights do not help. Yep, there was grafiti. These so-called "artists" will stop for nothing! Luis R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted February 23, 2014 Share #84 Posted February 23, 2014 a few more Coastal Defense San Francisco, these are above the Baker Beach area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BOLO Posted February 23, 2014 Share #90 Posted February 23, 2014 here's an example of what a Coastal Defense soldier back in the 30's would have probably been dressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted March 1, 2014 Share #91 Posted March 1, 2014 Plotting board used for coastal defense batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CINCPOA Posted March 1, 2014 Share #92 Posted March 1, 2014 Very cool. 1905. Influence of Russo-Japanese lessons around Port Arthur, perhaps...or not. But a lot going on regarding the Japanese at the time on the west coast during the period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted March 2, 2014 Share #93 Posted March 2, 2014 Fort Baker is now a trendy resort for recovering masters of the universe (aka: "Bonus Bozos"). Some rooms at "Cavallo Point" go for $700+ per night, which is much, much more than some officers and sergeants who once occupied these quarters were paid for years of service. Link here to see the rest of this story. Repairing the broken link above: Link here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASMIC2971 Posted March 6, 2014 Share #94 Posted March 6, 2014 Don't know how I missed this, thank you for posting. My sister first moved to SF in 2004 I went out to visit her, naturally conning her into driving me to all that we could find military related. I took many a photos but the SF weather did not cooperate. Over the years I have lost the files as computers crashed. When I returned from Iraq/Kuwait I went out to visit her again and spent about three weeks hiking and looking around. Once again I lost all the photos I took except the ones on my phone. I do still have the file I started on the SF coast defense when I was about 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASMIC2971 Posted March 6, 2014 Share #95 Posted March 6, 2014 A Map and information brochure I picked up somewhere in 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASMIC2971 Posted March 6, 2014 Share #96 Posted March 6, 2014 Map that covers the entire Bay Area. Sorry for the blurry photos, dropped my phone one to many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted April 20, 2014 Share #97 Posted April 20, 2014 these photos were taken today near the Golden Gate Bridge, these are the last set of bunkers before the bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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