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Devil's Slide Military Reservation

The 9.61 fee acre reservation was located near San Mateo County's Half Moon Bay. It served as a fire control station for Batteries Townsley (Fort Cronkite), Richmond P. Davis (Fort Funston) and 129 (Fort Barry).

Devil's Slide was a part of the Harbor Defense of San Francisco. It was one in a chain of fire control stations that provided fire control data to the firing batteries along the coast. Construction began in 1943, and included three concrete observation posts, fortified command and support bunkers.The site was also equipped with an SCR-296 radar (Set 10) later in the War.

On 25 October 1959, the reservation was transferred to the Navy who in turn disposed of it in 1983.

Updated 3 January 2008

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