Emplacement #2
Battery Const. #296,
Castle Bluff, Long Island, HD Seward
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In addition to the gun positions themselves, both emplacements on the upper level contain 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 #2 gun position, looking northeast.
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Looking west at the #2 gun position.
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Detail of the gun carriage. The vertical column is part of the manual traversing mechanism.
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The rear of the carriage.
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The #2 entrance. The wood cover is probably postwar weather proofing.
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Looking out of the #2 entrance.
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Store Room and Air Compressor Room


Looking west in the front corridor, store room door at right.
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Looking north in the front corridor, air compressor room door at left.
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Inside the store room.
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Detail of electrical box outside the air compressor room.
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Looking south in the air compressor room.
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The north end of the air compressor room.
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Shell Rooms


Looking north at the shell room doors.
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Looking into the northeast small shell room.
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Looking into the southwest small shell room.
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The corridor to the large shell room.
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Detail of drain in the large shell room corridor.
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Looking northeast in the large shell room.
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The southwest end of the large shell room.
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Powder Room


Looking west at the two doors to the powder room.
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Looking east in the powder room.
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The south corner of the powder room.
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Looking west in the powder room.
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Looking north in the powder room.
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Two electric motors left in the powder room.
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Some powder canister fragments remain, particularly the gaskets and end caps.
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