Harbor Defenses of Sitka, Alaska

 

 

LOCATION : Sound Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All photos from 6 June 2004 or 25 June 2005

 

 

 

 

This photo is taken on from the concrete porch in from of the shelter for Searchlight 9.  Note the steel plates on the wooden doors.

 

The shelter for Searchlight 9 as seen from the combination Distant Electric Control (DEC) station and Signal Station 2.

 

 

 

 

 

The ladder to the roof of the shelter for Searchlight 9

 

A view of the doors from inside the searchlight shelter.  Note the light switches still in place by the door.

 

 

 

 

 

The hatch that is on the roof of the shelter for Searchlight 9.  Note the pipe that served as a conduit for the power lines

 

A view from the roof of the shelter for Searchlight 9

 

 

 

 

 

This tree just in front of the shelter for Searchlight 9 still has power lines and an electric insulator attached to it.

 

The combination DEC for Searchlight 9 and SS # 2.  This is a two room concrete structure.

 

 

 

 

 

Me at the entrance to the DEC / SS No. 2

 

This is the DEC / SS No. 2

 

 

 

 

 

Inside the DEC / SS No. 2

 

A fuse box inside the DEC / SS No. 2

 

 

 

 

 

The roof of the DEC / SS No. 2

 

The side of the DEC / SS No. 2

 

 

 

 

 

The power building foundation is to the left.  Note the logs piled up next to it.

 

This is one of the collapsed Quonset huts on the Island.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a pile of old cement bags.

 

This collapsed wooden structure rests on an extensive concrete foundation.

 

 

 

 

 

This is the view to the north.  Searchlight 9 was in charge of observing Neva Strait.

 

This is another view of Neva Strait from Sound Island.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Sound Island from Neva Strait.

 

 

 

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