Mining Casemate & Fire Control Switchboard Room
| military, bunker
USA /
California /
Sausalito /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Sausalito
World / United States / California
military, bunker
This structure was used as a mining casemate and switchboard room as noted on the 1916 and 1945 maps of the post. The mine casemate housed electrical generators, batteries, control panels, and troops that were used to test the readiness of the mines and to fire them when needed.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_mines_in_United_States_harbor_defense
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°49'19"N 122°31'47"W
- Fort Baker 3.9 km
- Angel Island 9 km
- Treasure Island 13 km
- Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard 17 km
- Drakes Bay Dive Bombing Range 41 km
- Skaggs Island 44 km
- Two Rock U.S. Coast Guard Training Center 54 km
- The Veterans Home of California 65 km
- Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Santa Rosa (site) 70 km
- Gualala Bombing Target (site) 137 km
- Point Bonita 0.3 km
- Fort Barry 1.5 km
- San Francisco Main Ship Channel 2.5 km
- Fort Cronkhite 2.5 km
- Golden Gate 2.8 km
- Tennessee Valley / Tennessee Cove 2.9 km
- Potato Patch Shoal 4.7 km
- Muir Beach, California 6.2 km
- Richardson Bay 6.4 km
- San Francisco Bay 25 km