coastalartillery

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AL-116

from SDASM Archives

  • Ed Dempsey said:
    Shape of concrete emplacement indicates this is probably part of Battery Crockett, a seaward-facing battery with two 12" guns, still standing, today, on Corregidor Island.

World War One Gunnery

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  • jdshephe46 said:
    This is a coast artillery piece. A very heavy gun in a fixed mount.

Gun at George's Head - Port Jackson NSW with view of entrance to Harbour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    The V.R. sign might help identify exactly which gun position this was. There are several all over Middle Head and Georges Heights - maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Sydney+NSW&hl=en&ll=-33...
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Hmm harder than I first thought! The SLNSW has another Bayliss photo in which this gun appears to feature, and you can just make out a sign to the left that would read 'No ? Gun', as in this Henry King pic where a sign reading 'No. 1 Gun' is visible'. Perhaps you can make out the number with your super-sleuth eyes?!
  • pellethepoet said:
    Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons NLA also has a copy of the SLNSW photo, in better nic too! - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.pic-vn4236860. It was published in Ennis' Bayliss book - A Modern Vision: Charles Bayliss, Photographer, 1850–1897 [PDF, 2.73 MB]
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons pellethepoet That is the problem with the old (and sometimes new) photos of these various forts - they are often mis-named, like the NLA and Ennis book both say "Middle Head", when it is obviously Georges Head from the alignment of South and North Heads (see the GoogleSatellite photo). Very confusing, and it gets perpetuated. Btw the best way to see is with the GoogleEarth plugin and the 3D enabled. In a previous existence I was a "dish-pig" at the old Officers Mess behind this battery, and used to wander all over it in my tea-break. The tunnels and underground rooms were very spooky!
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Best way to get to know them by the sounds of it :) pellethepoet Thanks Pelle, thats easier to get a good look at.