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Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)

Don Barrett (aka DBs travels) club

Posted: 07 Nov 2008

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SF Presidio gun turrets 0303c

SF Presidio gun turrets 0303c
At both ends of the Golden Gate Bridge, there are remains of defense posts that were built in the early 1900's. The defense posts had heavy artillery, thus the very large gun turrets in the adjacent picture.
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 slgwv
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Have you been to Point Bonita on the other side of the Golden Gate? There's a lot of preserved military installations there, dating back to the 1850s. The area, due to the happenstance of being protected from development, is also a time-warp view of the California coast before the arrival of Euro-Americans! We were there once with our son's 4th grade field trip.
10 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club has replied to slgwv club
I think you're referring to the area that I know as the Marin Headlands. The installations over there are quite impressive, and much less visited.
Marin Headlands 1539a
10 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs… club
That's the one! They called it Point Bonita--turns out that's the point at the very tip of the headlands, where the lighthouse is:
www.nps.gov/common/commonspot/customcf/apps/maps/showmap.cfm?alphacode=goga&parkname=Golden%20Gate
We stayed with the kids overnight in some sort of dorm accomodation. I remember specifically looking at the Nike site and thinking "That can't be historic--I was born then!" Of course, I didn't have a good camera in those days. I'd like to get back there with the Real Camera one of these days--
10 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club has replied to slgwv club
I know what you mean about it seeming odd that the Nike sites are considered historical -- my brother worked on them in the Midwest as did James Ruddy on here. Its fortunate that they are now history. I thought, also, that I had a picture of the building that is used as dorms, but don't. Here's the Nike site:
Marin Headlands 1561a
10 years ago.

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