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Day 12
Right the next fort our our French trip was Tavannes, this place has seen massive war damage due to heavy and prolonged bombardment.
The fort was built between 1874 and 1877, by 1882 it was home too 761 military personnel, the fort was up graded between 1889 and
1890 to incorporate extra strength concrete, then between 1890 and 1900 extra defences were added to the outer parts of the fort.
Then in 1914 more concrete was added then during WW1 (1917)the dreaded new tunnel system was added.
I did get in to the 1917 tunnels this time and bloody sketchy they are too.
Anyway enough woffle on with some pictures.
Damage can be seen on the outside of the main part of the fort.
Internal damage.
One of the cool things we found in this fort was a prisoner cell with its door still intact (lock and bolt on the outside and big bars on the only window.
Added concrete section this leads to a magazine with the entrance to the 1917 tunnels.
Right - 1917 - tunnels, access is via a 45 deg slope shaft (the roof is now all over the floor.(half way down)
A passage way off the main drag has a brick and steel door frame at the end.
The other side of the door way is a cut room full of air ventilation pipes
Back to the main passage and off deeper in to the 1917 tunnel system is another room full of old iron sheet.
Another part of the 1917 tunnel system is this concrete lined and rock cut tunnel with a machine gun emplacement in the middle.
Right fellow moochers that`s your lot, thanks for looking and as normal any and all comments are most welcome.
There are more pictures on my FlickR site so slink on over to -
Fort Tavannes
Cheers Newage
Day 12
Right the next fort our our French trip was Tavannes, this place has seen massive war damage due to heavy and prolonged bombardment.
The fort was built between 1874 and 1877, by 1882 it was home too 761 military personnel, the fort was up graded between 1889 and
1890 to incorporate extra strength concrete, then between 1890 and 1900 extra defences were added to the outer parts of the fort.
Then in 1914 more concrete was added then during WW1 (1917)the dreaded new tunnel system was added.
I did get in to the 1917 tunnels this time and bloody sketchy they are too.
Anyway enough woffle on with some pictures.
Damage can be seen on the outside of the main part of the fort.
Internal damage.
One of the cool things we found in this fort was a prisoner cell with its door still intact (lock and bolt on the outside and big bars on the only window.
Added concrete section this leads to a magazine with the entrance to the 1917 tunnels.
Right - 1917 - tunnels, access is via a 45 deg slope shaft (the roof is now all over the floor.(half way down)
A passage way off the main drag has a brick and steel door frame at the end.
The other side of the door way is a cut room full of air ventilation pipes
Back to the main passage and off deeper in to the 1917 tunnel system is another room full of old iron sheet.
Another part of the 1917 tunnel system is this concrete lined and rock cut tunnel with a machine gun emplacement in the middle.
Right fellow moochers that`s your lot, thanks for looking and as normal any and all comments are most welcome.
There are more pictures on my FlickR site so slink on over to -
Fort Tavannes
Cheers Newage
