Bombproof Infantry Quarters in James Ravine

[fortman]

Karl, did you take photos inside the 1918 underground infantry quarters?

Fortman


Note from Karl, 2018-March-6: Yes, next segment!

[Karl Welteke]

Visiting James Ravine and the 1918 Underground Infantry Quarters Feb. 2018

About 6 Friends of Corregidor mustered on Corregidor Island between the 13th to 16th Feb. 2018.We were specifically there to observe the 73rd Anniversary of raising the First Flag of Liberation on Corregidor, 2018-02-16.

On the 14th Feb we chose to explore Middleside and James Ravine. I assembled 23 images and will make this presentation in three segments.

This is the third segment with 7 images inside the underground Inf. Quarters. We also visited the Mine Casement and the large tunnel, which we call: “Ron’s Tunnel” but I did not take any images this time of those two structures.






Za652. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, John Byrne and Karl have entered.




Za653. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, on the left side are several side tunnels.




Za654. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, on the left side are several side tunnels.




Za655. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, this side tunnel is on the right side.




Za656. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, it is long.





Za657. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, at the far end is a vertical air shaft.





Za658. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, this is the vertical air shaft at the far end.




Note from Karl: Because Photobucket screwed over their customers, all the previous pictures in this thread do not show anymore. We hope one day we will correct this.

We have a related thread called: “A Stroll down James Ravine” but all the pictures do not show any more either. This is the URL:

corregidor.proboards.com/thread/674/stroll-james-ravine

[fortman]

Many thanks Karl. Fascinating photos.

Fortman

[olivier]

Hi. Was just there last week-end and found the casemate nearby that was in very good condition.

[fortman]

Hi Olivier,

Interesting pics. The top one looks like a bridge for a trolley line. There seems to be a blast wall in front of the casemate (left side in the second photo).

Regards,

Fortman

[olivier]

May 2, 2018 12:48:21 GMT 8 fortman said:

Hi Olivier,

Interesting pics. The top one looks like a bridge for a trolley line. There seems to be a blast wall in front of the casemate (left side in the second photo).

Regards,

Fortman

Hi Fortman,

Indeed there is a blast wall in front of the casemate, I don’t actually recall seeing rails/trolley tracks on the bridge. It was quite narrow to be honest and I am not sure where any tracks would lead to on the other side (non-casemate side). The ravine has a large water tank (still standing, but not in use) and the road up and down is pretty steep.
If I am not mistaken, the closest tram tracks stop at Battery Morrison.

Cheers,

Olivier

[olivier]

Mar 4, 2018 12:35:56 GMT 8 Karl Welteke said:

Visiting James Ravine and the 1918 Underground Infantry Quarters Feb. 2018

About 6 of Friends of Corregidor mustered on Corregidor Island between the 13th to 16th Feb. 2018.We were specifically there to observe the 73rd Anniversary of raising the First Flag of Liberation on Corregidor, 2018-02-16.

On the 14th Feb we chose to explore Middleside and James Ravine. I assembled 23 images and will make this presentation in three segments.

This is the first segment with 8 images of just general James Ravine views. We also visited the Mine Casement and the large tunnel, which we call: “Ron’s Tunnel” but I did not take any images this time of those two structures.




Za628. Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island map.

Za628. Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island map, marked up with points of interests we had visited on the 14th Feb. 2018..




Za629. Ft. Mills, Battery James on the 14th Feb. 2018. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose.

On our visit down to James Ravine we stopped at Battery James. The battery is completely grown over again.





Za630. Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, a typical terrain view now a days. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose.





Za631. Ft. Mills, view of Rock Point from James Ravine on Corregidor Island. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose.





Za632. Ft. Mills, view of a Machine Gun Casemate from James Ravine on Corregidor Island. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose.





Za633. Trash from the people around Manila Bay deposited in front of James Ravine on Corregidor Island. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose.





Za634. Ex Ft. Mills, typical view of the mouth of James Ravine on Corregidor Island. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose.





Za635. Corregidor Friends on the beach at James Ravine on Corregidor Island.

Friends of Corregidor left to right: Mr. Paul Whitman, an Australian and the webmaster of the huge and very great corregidor.org/ webpage, Gary Vodika from Texas, John Moffitt-a Canadian who like me visited Corregidor over 50 times, John Byrne- an Australian who came with the webmaster and Harald Klose who is a retired German Army Officer and joint me for this event the 5th tim in that many years.



Note from Karl: Because Photobucket screwed over their customers, all the previous pictures in this thread do not show anymore. We hope one day we will correct this.

We have a related thread called: “A Stroll down James Ravine” but all the pictures do not show any more either. This is the URL:

corregidor.proboards.com/thread/674/stroll-james-ravine

Closer view of the machine gun casemate taken over the weekend. I tried to climb in, but it was too steep and not safe enough. According to the water pump attendant nearby the water tank, it was a Japanese tunnel at liberation.

Best,

Olivier