Manila Bay – Page 132 – Philippine-Sailor

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For the 4 islands in Manila Bay that used to be the Manila Bay Defense Forts, Corregidor-Ft. Mills, Caballo-Ft. Hughes, Fraile-Ft. Drum, Carabao-Ft.Frank.

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Zf051. This is the top of Morrison Hill and I promptly found the No.4 Gun Block, the northern one. This was for an anti aircraft battery, established in 1917 as a result of WW One (The Great War to end all Wars). There were 5 anti aircraft batteries/sites established in Fort Mills, on Corregidor Island at that time.

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Zf050. This underground passage leads to the Battery Morrison Plotting Room; it is located very near to Battery Morrison and is under the destroyed Gun Control Station above. The battery spare gun rifle/barrel is lying between this entrance and the battery.

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Zf049. Battery Morrison is slowly disappearing under the vegetation growth; this is the bridge to gun control which is severely destroyed from the shelling during the Siege. But there are steps also to get there onto the bridge and the gun control station.

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Zf048. Battery Morrison is slowly disappearing under the vegetation growth; this is No. 1 Gun.

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Zf047. Battery Morrison is slowly disappearing under the vegetation growth; this is No. 2 Gun.

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Zf046. This is one of 2 pictures of the Telephone/Communication Hub #11 on my long way to Battery Morrison from Battery James. All the Telephone/Communication Hubs in Fort Mills are constructed in different ways, not by a common blueprint. This one is elaborate and has steps going down to it.

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Zf045. This is one of 2 pictures of the Telephone/Communication Hub #11 on my long way to Battery Morrison from Battery James. All the Telephone/Communication Hubs in Fort Mills are constructed in different ways, not by a common blueprint. This one is elaborate and has steps going down to it.

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Zf031. This is vegetation at the mouth of James Ravine on Corregidor Island. I tried to find the trail to the beach but it appears it has disappeared, better, gown over; so I dropped the idea going to the beach.

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Zf041. I just added this picture because it is a nice shot of Rock Point on Corregidor Island and the Monja Island of Mariveles Bay. That was one reason I wanted to go the beach earlier but changed my mind because the trail is gone.

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Zf040. This is the bridge over the James Ravine contributing east side-ravine; in the past we used this bridge to reach the Fort Mills 1918 Underground Barracks on Corregidor Island. It has deteriorated further and my way this time may be a better way to reach the underground barracks.