Emplacement #1
Battery Const. #298,
Fort Learnard, HD Dutch Harbor
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The gun carriages and shields were destroyed in place prior to abandonment of the facility. No remains of the gun tubes could be located, they may have been removed before the demolition. Also at the gun positions are stacks of empty powder canisters left after disposing of the charges.

In addition to the gun positions themselves, each emplacement includes a powder room, one large shell room and two smaller shell rooms, an air compressor room and a small store room. Each of the small shell rooms housed 100 rounds of high explosive ammunition while the large shell room provided storage space for 400 armor piercing rounds.




Gun Position



The gun position as seen from the top of the battery.
July 2004
Looking west at the #1 entrance.
July 2004
Detail of a camouflage net support post near the #1 entrance.
July 2004
The gun shield, now resting upside down.
July 2004
The rear of the gun shield.
July 2004
Detail of elevating mechanism equipment removed from the carriage prior to demolition.
July 2004
Parts of the gun carriage.
July 2004
Detail of the gun well.
July 2004
The lower portion of a six-inch shell.
July 2004




Store Room and Air Compressor Room



Looking south in the front corridor, store room door to right.
July 2004
Looking north in the front corridor, air compressor door in background.
July 2004
Inside the store room.
July 2004
Looking south in the air compressor room.
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The air compressor room, looking west.
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The north corner of the air compressor room.
July 2004
Looking east in the air compressor room.
July 2004
Detail of grout and shims from the air receiver tanks.
July 2004
Detail of electrical box in the air compressor room.
July 2004




Shell Rooms


Note: The partition and fixtures in the large shell room are not original.


The shell room doors, looking west.
July 2004
The southeast small shell room.
July 2004
Inside the southeast small shell room.
July 2004
The door to the large shell room.
July 2004
Looking out of the large shell room.
July 2004
Looking south in the large shell room.
July 2004
Looking west in the large shell room.
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The northwest small shell room.
July 2004
Inside the northwest small shell room.
July 2004




Powder Room



Looking west at the powder room doors.
July 2004
Looking east in the powder room.
July 2004
The south corner.
July 2004
The powder room, looking west.
July 2004
Looking north in the powder room.
July 2004
Detail of light fixture.
July 2004






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