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Harbor Defenses of Sitka, Alaska |
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LOCATION : Biorka Island |
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I took all of the following photos in the June 2000. The first two photos are of the SCR-296 radar facilities. The rest are of Battery 291. |
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The foundation to the SCR-296 radar operators building on Biorka Island. |
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The SCR-296 radar tower supports. The FAA uses the supports for an antenna platform. |
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The Battery Commander's (BC) station for Battery 291. |
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Inside the BC station for Battery 291. |
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The Diesel fuel tanks for Battery 291 are still in place. The Army removed the pumps and gauges in 1944. |
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This is the road to Battery 291. There are at least a dozen collapsed Quonset huts and wooden buildings on either side of the road. |
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The rear entrance to Battery 291 |
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The power room of Battery 291. The beds are from the USCG LORAN station crews who prepared Battery 291 as a Tsunami and fallout shelter in the 1960s. |
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The power room looking towards the Water Cooler room. |
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The Plotting room. Note the pads on the ceiling to prevent echoes from the guns. |
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The Muffler Gallery |
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The Plotting room from the Spotting room. |
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Just inside the rear entrance looking at the power room doors and middle corridor. |
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The side entrance to the front corridor by gun No. 2 |
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Just inside the gun No. 2 entrance |
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Gun No. 2 |
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The wiring is still in place in Battery 291. |
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The muffler and Water Cooler room vents for Battery 291. |
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