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- Fort Barry: Battery
Construction 129
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- Despite its imposing appearance, Battery
Construction 129 was never used or completed. It was to be armed
with two 16-inch guns mounted. Each gun with its carriage weighed
over 1-million pounds and could accurately fire a 2,100 pound
shell a distance of 27 miles. This fortification was to have
been the highest battery in the San Francisco Bay area.
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- Construction began in 1942. The two guns
were to be mounted in the face of the hill, tunneled out to retain
a natural appearance and to provide protection from air attack.
However, all the work was stopped in 1944, shortly after its
guns arrived for mounting. The Army had found that weapons like
those at this and similar batteries wounldn't be effective against
attacks by aircraft. As a reult the fortification was abandoned
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- Construction 129 is only a project number.
The battery was never officaly named or manned.
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- Layout
of Battery Construction 129, 1944
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- Drawings courtesy of
Mark Bernow
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- Battery
Contruction 129 Today
- Entrance to Battery
Construction 129, October 2000
- Entrance to Emplacement
1. October 2000
- Interior of Emplacement
1, still ready to receive its gun. October 2000
- Emplacement 2, October
2000
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