Ronald Losure's photos
WWII bunker "Battery 223", Cape May, NJ
Cape May, New Jersey
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Cape May Lighthouse
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WWII bunker, Cape May, NJ
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This WWII bunker served as a gun emplacement and the round turrets on either side held 6-inch guns. The horseshoe-shaped structures, which can be seen out in front at low tide, are Panama mounts. They were built in 1941, prior to the construction of the more permanent bunker and held four 155 mm coast artillery guns. A sister bunker stands across the bay in Lewes, Delaware.
At the time of construction in 1942, this bunker was covered over with sod and stood on high ground 900 feet from the ocean. Built of reinforced concrete, the roof and walls are 6 feet thick. Erosion and storms have washed away the land in front of and under the bunker. How long can the pilings, meant only to stabilize, support the bunker weighing thousands of tons?
WWII bunker, closeup
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Heating vase to remove internal stresses
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Cutting vase from pipe
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Scoring top of vase
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Supporting vase on wet newspaper
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Re-heating vessel
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Cutting glass thread
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Adding a helix of a different variety of glass
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Shaping glass
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Shaping blob of glass
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Withdrawing a blob of glass
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Ben Franklin Bridge
Ben Franklin Bridge
Mallards and egret sharing a place - HFF
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