Zg648. This is the Fort Frank Fresh Water Storage Dam in the Sinalang Cove Valley, left is the down-river side; right is the up-river side, now filled to the rim with small rocks.
The post-war American and Philippine occupation of Carabao brought no attempt to restore the fortifications. When the Philippine government took possession of Carabao Island in 1946 it at first maintained a small garrison on the isIand but this was later withdrawn. Since then unauthorized scrap metal collectors have stripped Fort Frank of all its armament and have started to break up the concrete for its iron reinforcement rods. What the scavenger has not taken away is being reclaimed by the jungle.
Charles Bogart