Battery Kinzie by auntietk
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Description
One last shot to show context for future postings. This is Battery Kinzie, which is part of Fort Worden.
The structure is quite extensive ... this is just the front door, so to speak. If you want to know more about Battery Kinzie, including architectural drawings, photographs and armament details, go to Battery Kinzie
Artsy abstracts will follow ... I promise! :D
Comments (19)
T.Rex
Thanks. Didn't know we had such mighty defences against our northern neighbors, er, or was it against someone else? Interesting, as it shows the fears and manner of thinking in the pre-world war one days.
lyron
Cool capture!!
bmac62
Oh, like it...particularly the symetry which I know you typically avoid like the plague. LOL. The link adds a lot of great info I didn't know before and I am always reading little historical tid-bits about old time coastal artillery. For T.Rex above: These coastal defenses were one corner of a triangle of forts that were built to stop any invading ships no matter who they belonged to. These emplacements never fired a shot, except for target practice, but the Japanese and German Navies knew they were here and never gave any consideration to sailing anything into Puget Sound to threaten Seattle, WA or Vancouver, BC. Great job TK:)
cfulton
Looks like a set for a prison movie... Great symmetry, Clive
Faemike55
Wonderful shot! nice bit of history
durleybeachbum
Gloomy and rather depressing sort of architecture!
helanker
Quite a remarkable building. Excellent shot too :-)
bazza
Very interesting building, excellent capture of this.. well done!
ocoee53
Fascinating fortification, and a cool look at the technology of 1900. I look forward to the more abstract images you can find in such a place!
beachzz
This looks a lot like a place on Tybee Island, Georgia--but I didn't get nearly as good a shot as you did. In fact, there was a wedding party running along the top of it and I was more interested in trying to capture that, which I didn't do very well either!!
jocko500
wonderful shot of this place. lot of history
goodoleboy
Terrific frontal POV, mood and effects in this shot of Battery Kinzie, having grown decrepit and neglected since its salad days.
watapki66
Wonderful image!
wysiwig
An excellent capture of a rather austre structure. It looks like the type of place where, late at night, you might here the ghostly echo of shouted commands and cannon fire.
Chipka
This looks so utilitarian in nature that it can't help but be artsy! It's oddly "Communist" in that way, but I also think that the graffiti splotches add to that since so much of what was once Communist is now a stone canvas, so to speak, for graffiti artists with names like Honza or Stanislav, or well...Honza. I love this for that and for many other reasons. The geometry of this fascinates me as do the textures as seen from afar, and the colors...wow! Nice!
blinkings
I love it. We have our own equivalents here that were mainly designed to keep the Russians out...who of course never came!
junge1
Nice capture Tara and interesting information, most of it is over my head though.
danapommet
This is a chunk of history. Great find and capture. I found one of these on an island in Narragansett Bay, RI, in the mid 60s. Can’t wait to see what you do with it. Dana
EBSPhotographic
Oh my, I would have so much fun wondering around that place... Look at all those marvelous lines and shapes. Very cool place; I hope there's more to see?! Nicely captured.