old ocean front building; Salem, MA

[Kurt]

heading out to Salem, Ma tomorrow and found this on bing... hmmm

[CarbonCavi]

looks fun!

[donnabhain]

If you find my ATM card lemme know, lost it there! It's actually officers quarters, the little island was actually Fort Pickering and then a USCG air station. There is also an old 19th century powder bunker and some "igloos" used to store depth charges, along with a big hangar for the USCG planes, but I don't think the USCG uses the site anymore.

You can see that building in the background of a few pics here -> http://www.uscg.mil/history/stations/airsta_salem.asp

Jeopardy fact: There's another Fort Pickering in Memphis. I've been to both. A little digging around lists another Fort Pickering in Georgia as well.

If you're into fots Fort Lee is also in Salem on Fort Ave, but overgrown.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_(Salem,_Massachusetts)

Maybe we can move this to the Bunkers section since it's actually a military site with bunkers on the property

[Kurt]

no access

[CarbonCavi]

no easy access you mean lol

[Kurt]

no easy access you mean lol

haha very true, all i need is a grapling hook lol

[donnabhain]

yea, it was fun getting in. there was a dumpster in the back you could use to get up to the second floor. maybe its not there anymore

[Kurt]

yea, it was fun getting in. there was a dumpster in the back you could use to get up to the second floor. maybe its not there anymore

yeah it was in the back but it had totally been moved a bit away from the building.. i mean unless you have wings and flew in

[donnabhain]

If you're in the area shoot me a msg, I'm always up for something and dont mind visiting places i've already been. Even with the dumpster it was a bit of acrobatics to get up through the window, not sure i could even do it now that i'm an old man lol