Please see below and attached photos. Let me know what you think these underwater pipe work was used for off Diamond Head on Oahu. Thanks, Terry McGovern 1700...
... They look like the Navy Type 6 obstacle. See >> http://community.webtv.net/caoic/nets4 ... Of course you need to see through decades of salt water...
Nice shots, looks like quite a difference in size and complexity in relation to the Manila Bay gun positions. ________________________________ From: armyjunk...
Call me crazy but the first photo looks strikingly like the framework for a triangular target. I've seen similar mounted on towed sleds for target practice. In...
Do you think they would have used brick? From: Steve Waldron Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 7:17 AM To: CoastDefense@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [CoastDefense]...
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Elliot Deutsch
fortnerd@...
May 7, 2013 12:01 pm
Nike radars and related equipment required round-the-clock checks and maintenance to maintain our air defense readiness. I can’t possibly imagine...
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Larsen, David A NAE
david.a.larsen@...
May 7, 2013 1:42 pm
I agree with Steve's assessment. The positions of radars at B-37C are shown on the attached plan. ... From: CoastDefense@yahoogroups.com...
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Elliot Deutsch
fortnerd@...
May 7, 2013 2:07 pm
In the late 1950s air defenses, there were other radars than those on the Nike sites. For example, the Baltimore-Washington defense’s Missile Master...
Great photos, thanks for sharing with us! From: Bolling Smith Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 3:14 PM To: CoastDefense@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [CoastDefense]...
Hi, I grew up in the Boston area, and did some work on the Harbor Islands. Over the years I've been given numerous explanations of the mystery Moon Island...
I found a 1971 aerial view of the area and all the Nike Radar pads are clustered NE of the radar building in the standard configuration. It does not appear...
Perhaps it was the base for a “SAGE” radar antenna. From: tom_olson57 Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 9:38 AM To: CoastDefense@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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Steve Waldron
swrams@...
May 7, 2013 8:50 pm
If not part of the water system or old sewage system, after what you guys are saying, I think the only Military explanation must have to do with the old...
If I had to venture a guess as to the origins of the structure, I'd have to assume it was part of the Boston drainage and pumping system that was built in...
I have it on good authority that this structure was actually built to be the base for a statue of THE UNKNOWN KENNEDY, to correct the commonwealth's...
That's funny BW. I guess it was a similar concept to the proposed Bill Clinton memorial? Joe Janesic Vice-President Fort MacArthur Museum Association ...
Let's not go any further down this road... please. Thank you -- Sam Stokes, Publisher, KG6XYZ Hole In The Head Press Rings of Supersonic Steel,3rd Edition The...
From a Boston Herald, 18-July-1972, p12 article on the sale of Boston-owned Squaw Rock in Quincy: "Boston has owned the land for almost a century, when it was...
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Elliot Deutsch
fortnerd@...
May 8, 2013 11:15 am
Sam, How could you? I was waiting for the theory that it was an air vent for the tunnel the Brits were digging to defeat Paul Revere’s signal system....
... I don't have much data on Hawaiian coast defenses. Have you located any annex, exhibit, etc... that shows underwater defenses and or AMTB obstacles? At...
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