| GUNS AT COLORADO POINT
IN WW-II |
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placed on Colorado Point to defend the island. As well as these guns other
guns were located around the island as well as searchlights for spotting ships
at sea. Today, all that is left of the guns on Colorado Point are their foundations, still
visible with cactus growing up inside the foundation. The following
photographs were taken by Steve Fremgen in 2004 |
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PHOTOS TAKEN IN JUNE OF 2006 BY PAUL JENSEN |
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In the satellite photo below from Google Earth
the four gun foundations can been seen on Colorado Point. |
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BELOW IS A BLOWUP OF THE GOOGLE EARTH SATELLITE
PHOTO OF THE GUN MOUNTS. |
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A closer view of the four gun mounts. The
ammunition bunkers can also been seen. |
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| TAR & ASPHALT ROOF
OVER AMMO. BUNKER |
TAR & ASPHALT ROOF
OVER AMMO. BUNKER |
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| THE CONCRETE ON THE
UPPER RIGHT IS THE FIRST STEP INTO THE BUNKER. THE LIGHT COLOR
FILL IS IN THE STAIRWAY DOWN INTO THE BUNKER. |
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE
WOOD BEAMS THAT SUPPORTED THE ROOF AND A PART OF THE CONCRETE WALL
INSIDE THE UNDERGROUND BUNKER |
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| ANOTHER OF THE BUNKERS
THAT WERE FILLED AND ARE NOW SETTLING. THIS IS NOT THE SAME BUNKER
AS ABOVE. |
FROM THE SAME BUNKER
AS ON THE LEFT, THE ROOF BEAMS EXPOSED AFTER SETTLING AND COLLAPSE OF
THE ROOF. |
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| ANOTHER VIEW OF THE
SAME BUNKER AS ABOVE, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ROOF COLLAPSED AND FELL IN. |
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE
360 DEGREE PANAMA MOUNTS FOR THE 155 MM GUNS TAKEN IN JUNE OF 2006. |
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