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10 inch artillery gun - Related Files

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	Kodiak Harbor Defenses Located approximately 250 miles southwest of Anchorage, Kodiak Island was one of the major centers of Alaskan military activity during World War Two. Facilities on the island included several airfields, a Naval operating base and several other installations. To protect this important harbor the Coast Artillery Installed a total of 8 major gun batteries, ranging in caliber from 8...		04/19/2007	667
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	1 o clock gun Edinburgh Fired from the castle at 13.00 every day (except Sunday)this gun lets the people of Edinburgh know when its time for a sandwich. If you are on Princes St (the shopping street below the castle)when it fires, you will notice many people checking their watch, just to make sure it's on time. The gun is a L118 Light Gun.		01/04/2007	347
	Princess Anne Battery, Gibraltar Princess Anne’s Battery is on the hillside above the harbor. The site is sometime referred to as Princess Caroline’s Battery, Princess Amelia’s Battery, or even Princess Royal’s Battery. These three battery names, however, refer to 18th and 19th-century batteries located in and around Princess Anne’s Battery. Princess Anne’s Battery was constructed in 1732 to mount five 12 pounders, and saw act...		04/12/2007	452
	Fort Mott, Finns Point A Confederate POW cemetery was created here in 1863. The POWs were held in Fort Delaware. Earthwork fortifications were also built here for ten (15-inch and 10-inch) Rodman guns on wooden carriages and platforms. Finns Point Battery was first located here in 1872. Only two gun emplacements and five magazines in the mortar battery were completed before construction was halted. Two 1872 magazines...		04/13/2007	429
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	Hanstholm - 38 cm naval coastal battery he naval coastal battery "Hanstholm II" with its 38 cm guns was the heaviest battery in Denmark. During the war, the largest fortification of nothern Europe developed around it. Together with a sister batterie at Kristiansand in Norway, hostile ships should be hindered from entering the Baltic Sea. The distance between Kristansand and Hanstholm amounts to approximately 120 km. As the ...		03/05/2007	592
	Artillery polygon Numerous holes from impact of projectiles in historical artillery polygon. The origins of the polygon lie in the middle of the eighteenth century, when king Carlo Alberto, believing the area suitable for action simulated war, decided to concentrate a large number of troops, then became a polygon for the artillery. In 1877 was installed a battery of 280L howitzer; in 1911 a battery...		04/29/2009	923
	Fort Worden near Port Townsend Construction on Fort Worden began in 1897 and continued in one form or another until the fort was closed in 1953. Construction work on the initial fortifications above Point Wilson were delayed until July 1897. The property was privately owned and the government had to clear title to the land through condemnation proceedings. The Army Corps of Engineers took charge of building the construction ...		04/09/2007	327