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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2012 3:40:53 GMT 8
Hi, my name is Robert and I have just recently joined the Corregidor Historical Society and purchased the 1936 map. I've been to Corregidor a couple of times, but knew little about its infrastructure beyond that of the major fortifications and tunnels. Now that I have a detailed map of Fort Mills ( and THANK YOU to all those involved in that undertaking, you did a fantastic job ), there are some things I am interested in learning a little bit about. One thing in particular concerns the "concrete beams" that can be found along a number of the beaches. For example, at Government Ravine, there are a line of trenches near the beach with a "concrete beam" located in front of them ( and marked as #27 ). What were these beams used for ? Thank You.
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Post by Karl Welteke on Jul 15, 2012 14:13:09 GMT 8
Hello and welcome Robert, my name is Karl. I don’t know what they were for but always assumed they were for defense. I looked for them many times and have never once seen one.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2012 1:08:13 GMT 8
Thank you anyway Karl, I appreciate you responding.
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Post by The Phantom on Jul 18, 2012 5:20:08 GMT 8
Like Karl says, nothing seems to remain of the beams you talk about, trebor, on the 1936 map on site today.
I have never seen one in all my trips to the Rock either.
War and the post -war clean-up, official and not so much, removed lots of what was on Corregidor in pre-war days shown on the 1936 map.
The typhoons that sometimes hit Corregidor directly, do massive amounts of damage to the shorelines and inland also.
The present shoreline by the trenches you mention, full of large rocks, comes right up to the concrete trenches now. They are pretty well blasted also.
There were some concrete beams on the 1936 map near the eastern end of south dock area- Black Beach.
That shore line is in-land a great deal today also. There is a modern sloped, rock back-filled, concrete wall there now. The last typhoon tore a huge hole into this wall a few years ago, repaired now.
I went through that typhoon on Corregidor, it was intense.
You have to remember that if a huge storm did massive damage pre-war on Corregidor, the area was simply rebuilt to previous standards by the on-site Corps of Engineers with the services of the large labor pool of convicts kept on the island as construction crews.
The present island custodians do not have that luxury, the money and the resources that were available all those years ago. So nature has her way more than not.
And the concrete beams you mention, probably had re-bar sequestered inside and being near the beach, probably rusted pretty quickly...............
That 1936 map is amazing isn't it, thanks again Martyn.
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