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Harbor Defenses of Sitka, Alaska |
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LOCATION : Shoals Point |
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I took the following photos of the Quonset Hut Camp at Shoals Point in 2004 and 2005. The old roads and Quonset huts are extremely overgrown and difficult to find. |
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Collapsing Quonset Hut |
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Quonset Hut |
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Quonset Hut |
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What appear to be small clearings turn out to be Quonset huts. |
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Quonset Hut |
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Quonset Hut |
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Quonset Hut |
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Quonset Hut |
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The interior of a collapsing Quonset hut |
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This Quonset hut is at the bottom a small rise. There is a little lake at the top of the small rise. |
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Ruins of a Quonset hut. |
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This collapsed shed is next to the Quonset hut shown in the photo above this one. |
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Here is the remains of the bath house. |
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A drain in the broken, cement floor of the bath house. |
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A note is barely visible on the wall warning soldiers to: "Make sure faucets are off." |
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An electrical outlet |
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The largest Quonset hut which I believe was the mess hall. Note that I am standing in the shadows are the far end. |
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This is the only standing Quonset hut. This is what the Quonset hut looks like from about ten feet away. VERY OVERGROWN! |
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The interior of the Quonset hut. Note the old stove. This hut appears to have been used buy hunters in first years following the war. |
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One of the tables in the Quonset hut. |
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The door handle to a Quonset hut |
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Looking out of the standing Quonset hut. Note that the floor is very rotten. |
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These vents are on top of all the Quonset huts. |
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The small lake on top of a small rise next to the Quonset hut camp |
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A pretty view of the lake |
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Here is one of three land otters that live in the lake today. |
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This land otter came over to greet us. |
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Writing on the side of a fire hydrant in the camp |
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A fire hydrant in the Quonset hut camp |
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