Two Panama Gun Mounts at Buskin Hill |
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6 - The outer ring has a railroad track imbedded in concrete and a gear rack.
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7 - The gun mounts are heavily overgrown and easily missed.
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8 - It is very hard to photograph the two gun mounts because of the overgrowth.
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9 - The center of the gun mounts is identical to three visible on Pillar Mountain as
well as other sites.
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10 - The inside of the outer concrete circle has a gear rack.
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Three Panama Gun Mounts on Pillar Mt. |
None of the three known mounts on Pillar Mt. were completed.
| This mount is next to the remaining WACS antenna foundation. |
Other examples of 155 mm guns on Panama Mounts |
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Fort Ray, Sitka, Alaska, showing how the gun fit on the Panama mount
August 21, 1942, photo from national archives, 80-G-11204.
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Philippine Scout soldiers on a firing practice.
Photo courtesy of Tony Feredo
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Sitka 215th CA.
Photo courtesy of
Austin Masterson
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http://www.kadiak.org/panama/panama.html Updated 2001 August 23
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