One of the Bunkers at Salt Creek – Repost

January 25, 2007 lavenderlady 15 comments

As you drive around at the Salt Creek recreation area, you will see concrete bunkers. These were part of “Ft. Hayden” and used to store ammunition and to mount large guns to protect the strait. For more information on this part of history, visit the Ft. Hayden site.

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Written by Mimmu about 5 years ago.

It`s very good thing, that there can be so nice layer of moss.
It means – no need just now guns inside.
Thank you for a different photo.
Written by alice about 5 years ago.

We still have many many bunkers of world war II on the Atlantic coast, but i didn’t know that you have some too.
Written by photowannabe about 5 years ago.

I didn’t realize you had them in Washington too. We have a lot of them around the Golden Gate area.
The moss on the concrete is lovely.
Written by Olivier about 5 years ago.

quand on se promene par hasard dans la foret, cela doit etre surprenant de trouver un bunker. il est ouvert ?

when one walks by chance in the drill, that must be surprising to find a bunker. it is open?
Written by Denise Nesbitt about 5 years ago.

We too have bunkers, and strangely enough our coal stores here are called coal bunkers!

Dx
Written by Piika5 about 5 years ago.

what a strange thing…. do homeless people stay in them ever?
Written by Isabella about 5 years ago.

Can you imagine the panic that people felt when they were “sure” the Japanese were about to invade? Do they use this as a tourist attaction now?
Written by Dave about 5 years ago.

I really like the green moss and the old concrete with the rusted iron bars. Very cool!!
Written by Susan about 5 years ago.

This reminds me of when I went to nearby Ft Casey as a chaperone with each of my kids for the school’s 5th grade camp. They would take us into the bunker throgh the tunnels and have us sit inside in complete dark…to give them a feel of what it would have been like for those soldiers. Then of course they would tell them a story and scare the rats out of them! It sure made an impact.
Written by Ruth about 5 years ago.

It’s so interesting to read this post and the comments, and to see the photo, because I’ve never seen one of these. I don’t know if we have any in Michigan. I like Mimmu’s point!

BTW, Norma, you mentioned my lens in your comment at flying. That’s funny, because I really have a so-so camera and complain about the lens all the time. (I don’t have a DSLR.) It just so happened that I took the photo of the birds through our sliding door window, which is the only way I could get that close to them (plus the extent of my not-so-great zoom). The other thing is that I have a “secret” software tool that helps reduce the noise that always shows up with my zoom. So, thanks for thinking I have a nice lens! If you ever want to know the “secret” tool, let me know!
Written by Dsole about 5 years ago.

This is a beautiful shot. I like those kind of things that remind us of the past and of the events that happened once in a while in our cities…
Written by Lessie about 5 years ago.

Ditto what Dsole said!
Something about this picture reminds me of a robot head: two eyes and a gaping mouth.
Written by Annie about 5 years ago.

When I see places with such history, I am so delighted. And then I wonder, what of the contemporary will become historical. What will people in the future find interesting and worth comment?
Written by Oya about 5 years ago.

I like the colors most
Written by ming_the_merciless about 5 years ago.

I love the colors! At first I thought it was flowers on the ground until I realized they were dead leaves. The colors are amazing. The green moss just pops on the photo.

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