Fort Worden Trip

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view from inside fire control shack showing the inner portion of the metal fire control brackets with slidable wooden boards.

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view looking toward front of fire control shack. Mounting brackets for the control/fuse box can be seen to the right. The mortars and crews would be observable from the small vision squares.

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close up of a mortar pit/foundation. Four of these beasties would be cited per concrete enclave, in a square pattern.

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The concrete structure that surrounds the front and sides of the mortar battery is hollowed out to provide a protected magazine. The metal rails in the ceiling are embedded steel beams used to hoist up and move the large mortar shells.

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inside one of the smaller sub-chambers of the mortar battery is this ladder. It goes up to the top of the embankment to a small observation post.

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at the next mortar battery was a fire coordinates indcator in a little better shape from the previous one....markings still visible.

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Mortar battery Powell. You can just make out the mortars themselves in the pic. All gone now. [:(]

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Sealed command post next to Battery Powell.

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The door may be sealed, but someone appears to have left a vent into the command post open from this sub-chamber of the mortar battery. You don't think the photographer would crawl into that dark hole there do you?

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Yes.....yes he would.

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inside the not so sealed command post. Despite the pitch dark surroundings (outside of flashlight) This handy camera does a pretty good job.

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Deeper inside the command post. You can just make out a small room containing another ladder access that goes up about 50 feet to the top of the embankment where another small observation post is nestled.

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Not much to see admitedly. The US Army is depressingly thorough in removing anything useful leaving just wooden debris, a few wires and concrete walls.

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corridor heading toward the sealed entrance to the command post. Some old pipeworks are still in place.

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For some strange reason....GF mark I unit opted to stay outside and not partake of crawling through small hole in concrete wall. Guard dog keeps watch for spies.

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Having caught a spy cloaked in black....GF unit and guard dog conduct a field interagation.

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One of the magazine spaces for the last mortar battery pit contained these long rows of wooden boxes. Odd.

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Picture says it all

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Building 409

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