Guns, gun batteries – Page 20

Media Category: Guns, gun batteries

Zc380

Zc380. My Garmin device data and tracks of my walk to Battery Cheney on Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills, in the Manila Bay Harbor Defense Command, 1 of 4 images shot 2018-07-06.

Zc142

Zc142. Many of the concrete pieces of the Battery Ramsay explosion in 1945 landed on top of the parapet. This is a 2010 image of the parapet area, Battery Ramsay, Fort Mills on Corregidor Island.

Zc145. This is a large piece of concrete that landed on the parapet of Battery Ramsay, Fort Mills on Corregidor Island. This is the same concrete block as in image # Zc143; notice the size of my bolo. This is a 2010 image.

Zc144

Zc144. This is a large piece of concrete that landed on the parapet of Battery Ramsay and seems to be buried in the ground. I wonder, might that be the 10 ton piece described in the paragraph below; it is from the 2nd link above. This is a 2010 image.

Zc143

Zc143. This is a 2010 image of the parapet area, Battery Ramsay, Fort Mills on Corregidor Island. This is another large piece of concrete that landed on the parapet from the 1945 Battery Ramsay explosion.

Zc139

Zc139. A rare look inside the carriage of a 6 Inch disappearing gun; this is #3 Gun of Battery Ramsay, Fort Mills on Corregidor Island; it is the most intact gun of the three 6 Inch gun at this battery. This is a 2010 image.

Zc135

Zc135. This is part of the parapet around #3 Gun of Battery Ramsay, Fort Mills on Corregidor Island; it is the most intact gun of the three 6 Inch gun at this battery. This is a 2010 image.

Zc134

Zc134. This is #3 Gun of Battery Ramsay, Fort Mills on Corregidor Island; it is the most intact gun of the three 6 Inch gun at this battery. But the scrappers also were at work here, it almost looks like they got stopped. This is a 2010 image.

Zc141

Zc141. A closer look of the operating mechanism of a 6 Inch disappearing gun; this is #3 Gun of Battery Ramsay, Fort Mills on Corregidor Island; it is the most intact gun of the three 6 Inch gun at this battery. This is a 2010 image.

Zc140

Zc140. A rare look inside the carriage of a 6 Inch disappearing gun; this is #3 Gun of Battery Ramsay, Fort Mills on Corregidor Island; it is the most intact gun of the three 6 Inch gun at this battery. This is a 2010 image.