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Post by piercebennett on Oct 9, 2016 8:22:34 GMT 8
Thanks, guys! Hopefully more in the not to distant future... My trip was back in January, so I really need to get the rest up!
beirutvet,
I have a pretty decent camera, but I'd like to think it's a little bit of both haha
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Post by piercebennett on Oct 4, 2016 6:01:39 GMT 8
Day 4Day four consisted of a trip on and around Malinta Hill. Stairs made with repurposed rail ties nearby the old trolley bridge at Bottomside.
The trolley bridge.
The top of one side of the bridge.
A stone embankment for the trolley.
On the hill for the trolley, there is this cement structure. I have no idea what it is.
There is also this metal pipe nearby.
On the North Shore Road heading east towards Malinta, there is this building on the left. It's being used for storage.
So are the buildings on the right.
This is the cave dug out of Malinta Point along the road.
Road Culvert 3 at the Enlisted Men's Swimming Beach.
A suicide boat cave in Engineer Point.
The ceiling of the cave is melted and charred.
Some rusty melted metal on the floor of the cave.
A lot of the points on Corregidor have arches like this.
Rubble and broken magazines near the bath houses inland from the swimming beach.
I remember reading somewhere about a large cave visible from the bath houses. I didn't know of any off hand that quite fit the bill, so I looked around the area for one. I found this.
It definitely looks like this could have been a tunnel at some point.
When the road starts to start going uphill before the hospital entrance to Malinta Tunnel, there are these really shallow indents in the side of the hill.
This one is even more shallow. The size looks like one could fit inside if they were in the fetal position.
Further up the hill there is this larger tunnel.
The interior of the tunnel.
The North Entrance.
The concrete here used to be 27 feet tall. Now the highest point is probably not even quite 24 feet.
Notice the evenly spaced shallow circular holes in the concrete.
The doors must have been connected quite differently at one point, if these are the original hinges.
There used to be a padlock here, but I guess this is effective too.
One of the airshafts belonging to the North Complex.
From above.
A little higher up from the airshaft, is a stone wall with a gun platform on top. I took a better picture of the actual platform, but it was horribly blurry.
Looking down the airshaft. Notice how the concrete is slightly tilted toward the left.
Without my flash, this is the best picture I could get from down here. I decided to include it, because I think this part of the tunnel is more collapsed than when I first visited Corregidor.
Continuing up the hill to Road Junction 43, there is another gun platform on the right.
It's quite close to the road.
One side of the platform is slightly damaged.
I have taken the trail to the top of Malinta many times, but I've never noticed any concrete like this being part of the trail.
The gun shelter atop Malinta.
Bolts for where the gun would have stood.
One corner of the shelter is broken off.
The power plant from the top of the gun shelter.
The east end of the island.
The tail.
Razor Island.
The overgrown path to magazine for the naval gun that was emplaced nearby.
The inside of the magazine.
Light can be seen coming from the other side.
A pipe is sticking up from the ground nearby.
One of the "bathtubs" on Corregidor is on top of the hill.
Looking down the airshaft of Searchlight #8.
Searchlight #8.
This appears to be a drainage pipe facing down the hill.
Some photos of the searchlight.
Looking back up the airshaft.
Heading towards the East Defense Officer's station, I saw what looks like another gun shelter. However, this one is in worse condition.
In the area there are some of these building pedestals. I don't know what these used to be for.
There's a building with a mount in it. The rest of the building was pretty overgrown.
The airshaft of the East Defense Officer's Station.
The officer's station is built interestingly. There are stairs going up both sides.
With no flash, this is the best photo of the inside I could get.
On the way down the hill I noticed this rope and this post that belonged to a smaller more direct path that goes up the hill. I believe it starts near the original south entrance, but I'm intersecting the trail higher up on the hill.
I also found another semi-circluar shelter on the hill. It's not level at all.
I thought to myself along the way down "I should walk louder in case any snakes are nearby." Not three seconds later I see him in the middle of the path. It evidently was not scared enough by my loud steps. Maybe it was dead. I just jumped over him. My curiosity got the better of me, so once I passed him I poked him with a long stick. He barely flinched. Snakes are weird; I don't like them.
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Post by piercebennett on Aug 12, 2016 7:01:15 GMT 8
Hopefully I will be able to get the rest of my photos up at a faster rate than the first two days. Day 3 I spent the third day of my trip in the area behind the electric plant.
I started my trek from the Engineer Wharf. The map says there used to be a machine gun emplacement here.
Here's a few photos of the wharf.
Next, I made my way up the hill behind the power plant towards Fresh Water Tank #9 and VII-F-2.
Up on the hill, I found what I believe to be a magazine for the defense positions nearby.
The interior of the small building.
A tunnel entrance. I didn't have a flash on my camera, so that's why I didn't go in. I was also alone and I'm a bit of a baby.
I don't have any idea as to what this is, but it was in the area, so I took a photo anyway.
There's a cumber of pieces of concrete and rubble on the hill.
More concrete. I think these particular pieces of concrete are part of VII-M-5. The area is quite overgrown.
The wharf from the side of the hill.
I noticed an edge to the concrete.
I cleared some of the brush away to get a better view of the 6-Pounder mount.
Nearby the 6-Pounder mounts, there is a significant amount of rubble from where there once was a gun shelter.
More pieces of the shelter.
The larger pieces of the shelter must have slid down the hill here.
I continued up the hill towards the pistol target range. Here's a few pictures of the nearby semicircle shelter.
Next I took some photos of the water tank. About half of the wall is destroyed.
Looking back at the semicircle building as I walk up the hill.
I came across VII-F-2.
One entrance to the central magazine.
The ceiling has been partially destroyed.
So have the walls.
The other side of the magazine.
There's an adjacent trench that has been dug.
The sides seem to have been reinforced by corrugated metal.
I had forgotten that the Japanese A.A. Gun was in the area, so that was a nice surprise.
Could the nearby VII-F-2 have been used as a magazine for this A.A. Gun during Japanese occupation?
I finished up on the hill and walked back down the path.
Diesel tanks in Engineer Ravine.
Here's the Diesel Power Plant.
The floor of this building is interesting and accommodated the machinery for the power plant.
Building 311, or the Central Electric Storage Plant.
Damage to the outer wall.
It looks like someone has started a garden of some sort in front of the building.
These are stored in a section of the bottom level of the storage plant.
The mostly destroyed smoke stack.
A close up on the rebar sticking out from the top of the smoke stack.
I walked back towards Corregidor Bay from the ravine.
I believe this is part of the old derrick.
This is just behind the derrick in the coal basin. It may have also been part of the derrick.
I'm not sure what this is. It's also nearby and in the coal basin.
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Post by piercebennett on Jun 19, 2016 10:19:16 GMT 8
Hey Fots, nice photos!
I was always told that the chunk of metal in Middleside Tunnel was the rusty front of a jeep, or some other vehicle. However, I cannot say for sure.
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Post by piercebennett on Jun 19, 2016 0:15:38 GMT 8
Karl,
I camp out on the beach every time I go to Corregidor and I really enjoy it. I did know that I could get a room, but I like to camp out on the beach under the stars. The camping fee is only 50 pesos per night, which is very good, since I spent a total of 16 nights on Corregidor during my last trip to the Philippines. At night, the beach is generally pretty cold due to the strong ocean breeze, so that's not something I worry about. The biggest worry for me was making sure my stuff was secure when I was on my hikes, but I never had anything stolen. There are a few outlets in the concrete gazebos, but they are a little spotty. The bathrooms and showers aren't great either, but I really don't mind roughing it.
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Post by piercebennett on Jun 18, 2016 2:40:03 GMT 8
Day 2, Part 3I headed to Battery Hearn after I finished at Grubbs. Then I went to Way.
Approaching Battery Hearn I walked past the collapsed entrance to the tunnel.
The spare barrel rests nearby.
The entrance to the tunnel that is not collapsed.
The 12-inch gun of Battery Hearn.
There is some water underneath the gun.
The barrel, as well as the rest of the gun, has numerous pockmarks. However, the tip of the barrel is intact which cannot be said for Battery Smith.
Large chunks of concrete from the nearby large crater.
Walking towards Battery Way, I noticed this structure. I've noticed it before, but I decided to snap a photo. It might be cable hut #10, but that's only a guess.
The interior.
Rubble nearby.
The foundations for Building 475. A vegetable and oil house.
Next to Building 475, is Building 94. It is a garage.
Just across the street is the Ordnance Repair Shop.
The inside is quite destroyed.
The ceiling with metal exposed.
Rusty rebar in the walls.
One of the holes in the back wall exposes the backfill they used when constructing the building.
Next, I made my way to Battery Way.
This tree has a piece of concrete imbedded in its trunk. I wonder how old this tree really is.
A rusty door to one of the magazines.
The plotting and communications building.
The corner of this building is cracking at the seam.
Looking at a mortar from the inside.
The date stamped onto one of the magazines.
The left side magazine.
A mossy crater.
Some rail tracks imbedded in the concrete.
I made it back to my hammock on the beach before it got too dark out. Gotta love that view.
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Post by piercebennett on Jun 11, 2016 23:19:28 GMT 8
Thanks xray,
There's a part three as well, but I've been a little busy lately. Hopefully I'll be able to get it up before too long.
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Post by piercebennett on May 25, 2016 12:58:53 GMT 8
Day 2, Part 2After I left Battery Cheney, I made my way towards Battery Hanna and looped back to Battery Smith.At one point, Cheney Trail makes its way to the edge of the island, giving a great view of La Monja Island.Looking down to the beach and water below.There's a small "U" shaped tunnel on Cheney Trail before crossing Cheney Ravine. This is the smaller entrance.A few feet further down the trail is the larger entrance to the tunnel. My broken flash meant no interior photos.A bamboo bridge across Cheney Ravine.The bridge is necessary, because the culvert has been clogged and water was diverted to the side.One of the 155mm Gun shelters in the area.A photo of the earth that was cut away in order to place the shelter into the side of the hill.Some close ups of the gun shelter.I noticed on my left the set of stairs I had wanted to look for. I saw a post on this forum (I believe by fots) about them, so I wanted to check it out.There's a few sets of stairs in the area.Some are quite buried.This set of steps has been completely displaced from its original position and is sliding down the hill.The stairs soon lead to this wrecked building.Here's another angle of the interior. Notice the hole in the ground.Looking down the hole.
I then made my way to Battery Hanna.I think this is the nearby collapsed magazine of Battery Hanna.Battery Hanna. This is the one remaining piece of the old position X-F-2. It's partially hanging off the cliff, so I didn't spend much time here.The metal bolts can still be seen.The first position of X-F-1. It's pretty clear of brush. The next position is on the other side of a central magazine. It's quite overgrown.The central magazine.The magazine from the opposite angle.Staring down the hole in the middle of the magazine. Many of these photos will be bad quality due to lack of light.The ladder won't be of much use.I climbed my way down using what remained of the scaffolding. The makers of this tunnel had to dig through some especially rocky earth.A rotting piece of wood has fallen. It was once connected to the scaffolding here.There are a number of swallow's nests in this tunnel.A sizable rock guards the opening that looks out to sea. It wasn't there on my previous trip. The rock split off of this larger rock in the ceiling. Glad I wasn't there when it fell...A view of Conchita Island from the opening in the tunnel below X-F-1.The other 155mm gun shelter in the area is in better shape.I've seen this many times before while walking from Hanna to Smith, but I've never really known what it was.It's made of brick and concrete.It appears to be the base of some sort of chimney or smokestack. Continuing down the path, I see the familiar barrel of Battery Smith.One of the most noticeable differences between Smith and Hearn is the damage on the tip of the barrel.The barrel of Battery Smith has many scars.A number of things on this gun are missing. One example would be the racer.This is another example of a gun that could use another paint job in the near future.A manhole near the entrance to the battery's tunnel.The entrance to the tunnel.Someone has collected a number of these and put them into a rusty old can. I don't know what they are, but I'm assuming someone on this forum does.A shallow hole dug near the oil house. Inside the oil house.A hole in the roof of the oil house.Walking from Battery Smith to Battery Grubbs there is a small building on the side of the road. I think it's building 59, which is a crematory.A close up on the rusty metal.Approaching Battery Grubbs.The spare barrel and bridge to battery control.I'm not an architect, but I don't understand the placement of this the wall. The Grubbs RCW doesn't seem to show anything in front of this set of stairs so it must have been a later addition.One of the guns of Battery Grubbs. The barrel is completely disconnected from the carriage.Another view of the gun.It's missing the counterweights.
The other gun of Battery Grubbs. Part of the barrel of this gun is still resting on the carriage.
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Post by piercebennett on May 25, 2016 1:58:11 GMT 8
Thanks, guys!
I have many more photos to share and I'll hopefully be able to get them up before too long. It's just a bit of a tedious process editing and uploading them.
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Post by piercebennett on May 23, 2016 11:58:37 GMT 8
Day 2, Part 1On the second day of my trip, I spent my time on the west end of the island.I walked from my campsite up towards topside to start my day. 300 Steps is a torturous way to start a morning.
Looking down 300 Steps after climbing nearly to the top. I won't tell you how many times I had to stop and take breaks on the way up.
Next, I made my way to Cheney Trail on my way to Battery Cheney.
On the trail, there was a set of stairs seemingly going off to nowhere. I decided to take a slight detour to see where it would take me.
I came across this ruined structure. I believe it to be B 1/2.
A different view of the same building. It is covered in many leaves rubble.
Nearby, there is a small hole in the ground. I have no idea what it's purpose was, but it's likely related to B 1/2.
The cliff is just a couple steps from the ruined building.
Looking down at Wheeler Point from the cliff.
This is No Name Point from the same vantage point. Notice the caves.
I continued my walk down Cheney Trail. The island is covered with things like this along the roads and trails. They seem insignificant, but I've always wanted to know their purpose and how they connect to each other.
Approaching Battery Cheney. The diagram I purchased from the CDSG labels this the transf rm. I'm assuming it means transfer?
Two metal brackets in the wall of the transfer room.
Two holes in the ceiling of the same room.
A hole in the floor of the small room.
An overgrown shallow hole nearby the "transf rm."
The south end of Battery Cheney.
Inside on of the rooms. This is either Power Room #1, or the Motor Generator Room, I don't remember.
Some metal imbedded into the floor of one of the rooms of the battery.
On the wall of one of the rooms.
This photo and the two following photos are of a room with significant damage. The rooms were lit up by my flashlight.
Looking up through the ceiling of the hoist room.
The ceiling of this room have been damaged and the rebar is exposed.
These next few photos are of Gun #2. It's quite rusty and could use another paint job.
The other end of the hole from the hoist room.
The battery control portion of Battery Cheney has a number of floors. The bottom floor is the plotting room and the floor above is the observing room.
This floor is on the same level as the gun platforms. There's a hole in the ceiling where a set a stairs would have lead to. You can still see a diagonal marking on the wall from the stairs.
The floor above. Notice the metal tube from the floor before is reaching through the ground. This is a speaking tube.
Notice the hexagonal mount on the floor.
The roof of the battery control also has a hexagonal mount.
Here's a few photos of Gun #1. It seems to be even more rusty than Gun #2.
Looking across the top of the battery. Miniature gardens have taken over the craters in the concrete.
A close up on a "crater garden".
There's some plants growing from a crater near Gun #1.
I didn't realize the crater actually went all the way through the floor. I'm glad I didn't fall in.
This is the hole from below.
The same hole from the other side of a the wall.
Looking south down the hallway on the ground floor.
Part of a rusty hinge.
The latrine.
Here's a few extra shots of the battery.
This concrete post has seen better days.
The field in the rear of Battery Cheney.
This little guy thought it would be funny to scare me half to death. They don't bother me once I know what they are, but they scurry away so loudly it's nearly impossible not to jump a little.
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