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Marin Headlands Bunkers / Battery

Marin Headlands was a military base until the late 1960s. It was the counterpart to the Presidio, designed to protect San Francisco Bay from invasion. The military constructed five installations among the rolling hills. Each one was obsolete upon or before completion.
Bunkers and batteries, underground concrete buildings, are ghostly remnants of a time past. Skeletal steel arms reach out from hillsides. Monterey pines and cypress, accidentally planted by seeds caught in truck tires on loan from the Monterey bases, mark the spot where bunkers and batteries lie.
Battery Cavallo
Battery Cavallo 		Battery Spencer
Battery Spencer		 Battery Yates at Fort Baker
Battery Yates at Fort Baker
Battery Yates
Battery Yates		 Fort Baker Battery Yates
Fort Baker Battery Yates		 Battery Wagner
Battery Wagner
Battery Wagner
Battery Wagner		 Battery Wagner
Battery Wagner		 Battery Wagner
Battery Wagner
Battery Wagner
Battery Wagner		 Battery Wagner
Battery Wagner		 Battery Wagner
Battery Wagner
Battery Wagner
Battery Wagner		 Battery Rathbone/McIndoe
Battery Rathbone/McIndoe		 Battery Rathbone/McIndoe
Battery Rathbone/McIndoe
Battery Wallace
Battery Wallace		 Battery Mendell
Battery Mendell		 Battery Mendell
Battery Mendell
Battery Mendell
Battery Mendell		 Battery Mendell
Battery Mendell		 Battery Mendell
Battery Mendell
Battery Mendell
Battery Mendell		 Base End Station
Base End Station		 Base End Station
Base End Station
Base End Station
Base End Station		 Base End Station
Base End Station		 Base End Station
Base End Station
Base End Station
Base End Station		 Base End Station
Base End Station		 Base End Station 2014
Base End Station 2014
Battery Alexander
Battery Alexander		 Battery Alexander
Battery Alexander		 Battery Alexander
Battery Alexander
Battery Alexander
Battery Alexander		 Battery Smith-Guthrie
Battery Smith-Guthrie		 Battery Smith-Guthrie
Battery Smith-Guthrie
Chelsea
Chelsea		 Chelsea
Chelsea		 Chelsea
Chelsea
Lexi
Lexi		 Lexi
Lexi		 Lexi
Lexi
Tiffany
Tiffany		 Tiffany
Tiffany		 Brandon & Tiffany In Jail 😊
Brandon & Tiffany In Jail 😊

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HAOPTO21-Feb-2013 07:04
Great collection of photos!
joseantonio16-Oct-2012 16:37
Very nice collection of great images...V.
Patrick Daly 22-May-2012 00:22
Those tires that entrapped seeds (presumably in the tire treads?) somehow managed not to be flung out on the drive from Monterey? Then they must also be the same seeds (and tires) that inadvertently "seeded" the presidio, golden gate park and the area around lands end!? Interesting "theory" but very doubtful at best.
Patrick Daly 22-May-2012 00:14
The "grafitti" (vandalism) is unfortunate and distracts from the historical value of these sites. Hopefullly some volunteers can help and return these sites to reflect their historical significance
Imagemakers31-Oct-2010 19:47
Thanks for the great gallery. I did not know that these facilities even existed. Enjoyed Ken Downs at Imagemakers Club
Don Taylor16-Jul-2009 22:40
Very nice gallery Bill.
Milan Vogrin16-Jul-2009 22:35
Very nice photos and presentation!
Cedric Sims16-Jul-2009 22:11
Very nice gallery! This was a fun shoot.
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