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Battery Townsley bunks

During World War II, 150 bunk beds were installed in the corridors and galleries of Battery Townsley. These were designated "Prison type" bunks because they were suspended from chains attached to steel brackets on the battery walls. The men who slept in them (or attempted to) would have heartily agreed with this description. None of the bunks remain inside Battery Townsley itself, where only the imprints of the mounting brackets remain, but there are still examples of these chain-supported bunks inside the PSR Room located down the hill from the battery. The attached photos show these bunks and examples of "standard" World War II folding-end Army bunks from which they were apparently adapted.
Prison-type wall bunks in Plotting-Spotting-Radion (PSR) room. Note suspension chain and S-hook on upper bunk.
Prison-type wall bunks in Plotting-Spotting-Radion (PSR) room. Note suspension chain and S-hook on upper bunk.		 Access corridor to gun #1. Location of bunk brackets are still visible on walls at 73 spacing.
Access corridor to gun #1. Location of bunk brackets are still visible on walls at 73" spacing.		 Townsley PSR folding bunks with solid-style wall brackets.
Townsley PSR folding bunks with solid-style wall brackets.		 Townsley PSR folding bunks. Nearest set has interrupted-style wall brackets
Townsley PSR folding bunks. Nearest set has interrupted-style wall brackets
Battery Chamberlin magazine living Sept 1942 (SFPL)
Battery Chamberlin magazine living Sept 1942 (SFPL)		 Corregidor magazine bunks (TIME-LIFE)
Corregidor magazine bunks (TIME-LIFE)		 Townsley PSR hall with folding wall bunks.
Townsley PSR hall with folding wall bunks.		 World War II folding-end stacking bunks at Visitor Center
World War II folding-end stacking bunks at Visitor Center
Folding ends on World War II stacking bunk.
Folding ends on World War II stacking bunk.		 World War II bunk frame and springs. Compare to examples in Townsley PSR
World War II bunk frame and springs. Compare to examples in Townsley PSR

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