View down the barrel of the big gun
Mike, just being silly
10" disappearing gun
ShellsFort Casey is on Whidbey Island. It is quite a cool place to visit. It is built under ground with disappearing guns. So the bunkers are open to poke around in. It is a state park now. Here are some pics and more info and I hope to post more on another day. My grandson said he had never been here which I find hard to believe because it is a field trip most school kids go on. Every school on the west coast of Washington, I am sure. LOL
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Fort Casey State Park is located on Whidbey Island in Washington state. Admiralty Inlet was considered so strategic to the defense of Puget Sound in the 1890s that three forts, Fort Casey on Whidbey Island, Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island, and Fort Worden, were built at the entrance with huge guns creating a "Triangle of Fire" that could theoretically thwart any invasion attempt by sea. Fort Casey is now a 467 acres (1.89 km²) marine camping park. The Admiralty Head Lighthouse is located in the state park.
Fort Casey was built in 1890. Her big guns on disappearing carriages, which could be raised out of their protective emplacements so that the guns were exposed only long enough to fire, became active in 1901. Unfortunately, the fort's batteries became obsolete almost as soon as their construction was completed. The invention of the airplane in 1903, and the subsequent development of military aircraft made the fort vulnerable to air attack. In addition, the development of battleships designed with increasingly accurate weaponry transformed the static strategies of the nineteenth century into the more mobile attack systems of the twentieth century. Most of Fort Casey's guns and mortars were removed and sent to Europe and the Pacific during World War I, where they were mounted on railcars to serve as mobile heavy artillery.
In 1935, the Coast Artillery withdrew the station's battery assignments and placed it on inactive status. As World War II approached, military officials reactivated the station after making physical improvements to the aging frame-plaster construction.
The two 10-inch seacoast artillery guns on disappearing carriages at the fort were salvaged in the mid-1960's from their final active duty location in Subic Bay, and are scarred with the effects of the Japanese bombings in the Philippines at the opening of World War II.
Great shot! I was wondering what it was. I saw some of those disappearing guns on Corregidor Island here in the Philippines, but I didn't try to stick my head in one. Maybe I should have. ;)
Wow! I had no idea what I would find when I clicked on your photo. Great 'shot'!
This is a great shot! Regarding the others, I have one of my husband doing the same in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Enjoyed this post and especially the first photo. I love visiting in old forts.
Neat place to visit. Prince, Puppy and I would enjoy the tour. LOL, the grandson had better things to do that day when his class went on the field trip, than to remember the tour. Peace
Great post, I love it! Thanks for taking us on the Field Trip!
The first time I went to Fort Casey is when I accidentally ran aground there in the fog. No harm done except a little bit of a red face.
What a photo you made with that gun barrel inside.
And great information with your photos.
Very nice post. I am sure most kids love to look down the barrel. I also like the way you and several others put the bulk of the story as a comment which makes the story itself easier to absorb. I am guilty on all counts of loading down photos with too many words and did it this morning. LOL
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That 1st shot is fantastic!
I like the "silly" one too :) LOL
What a great set of photos and narrative - now I feel like I've been on the field trip too. I just love that first shot; I'd be the one sticking my head inside and saying "helloooo" just to hear the echo.
Isn't it nice your grandson wanted to take you there. LOL
I think old forts are wonderful places to visit. They usually have great views -- the reason the fort was built there in the first place. ;-)
How did I miss this? I must be getting old like the guns.
This is a grrrrrrrreat shot!
I love it when people think of different and interesting ways, to photograph things. I salute your ingenuity.
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