Napatree point Watch Hill - Bunker

[Kabli]

just went there this past weekend. The first fort was pretty cool. It definetely seemed much simpler than getty and wetherill. It the battery fartherest west there was a tunnel (looked like a former stairwell) filled with trash. did anyone else find this? and does anyone remember it when it wasnt full of trash?

Anyways... If you can find it there is a small iron door that is welded and bolted shut in lower level of the fort. Real thick. I've checked it everytime I've gone there and it is always the same... sealed. last there in summer of 08 and its still shut. I am yet to find anyone who has got past it and its too far out to the fort to haul heavy tools. A challenge for anyone whos up to it. If anyone is into diving the bckside of the point is littered with relics from the hurricane of 38. Before that hurricane there was actually a road and buildings most of the way out to the point that were washed away.

Didnt find it. Maybe next time when it isnt 30 or so degrees out.

[Megster]

I just checked all my old photos of this place and I didn't see it in them...I'm not sure where it's supposed to be but I don't have pics of every room there either (most of the largest battery though)  The next battery has two pieces (one more difficult to find than the other).  I try to go out there at least once a year.  I don't remember that door either, but it's been a while.  I have yet to go in the winter though.

Don't remember that hole without the trash.  My ex went partially down in one of the holes in the smaller battery and stuck a camera in a space that he couldn't fit in, and it appears to be a tunnel to but also filled with trash and dirt.  Not much to look at, not even in pics.  The only place I can think of with welded shut doors is Wetherill.

[JiggyJamesG]

me and omni never made it out there lol, and hes at boot camp now for the reserves so we will have to put it off untill may lol

[Kabli]

lol. what branch of the reserves did he join?

[JiggyJamesG]

The Army Reserves

[kitty771]

Most of the awesome grafitti that's down there was don by a close friend of mine. We have gone to other bunkers in the area and I've sat on cold winter afternoons watching him create. He's great at it. The Severence Day, the birds and the XXX are all his.  Great pics by the way.

More Fort Mansfield Pics!

[Megster]

Thanks for the compliment on the pics!  Those particular ones were done in the summer of 2003 but I've taken more photos since.  That whole set is absolutely amazing, esp. the birds in the big room.  Did your friend do some at Wetherill too?  It doesn't really appear to be his style but then again I don't know what he's doing differently today vs. 7 years ago.

In unrelated news, I just scored a postcard yesterday of Fort Mansfield from the 60s or so.  Graffiti is there, yes, but not spraypainted.  Interesting, should scan it.

[azeron17]

Thanks for the compliment on the pics!  Those particular ones were done in the summer of 2003 but I've taken more photos since.  That whole set is absolutely amazing, esp. the birds in the big room.  Did your friend do some at Wetherill too?  It doesn't really appear to be his style but then again I don't know what he's doing differently today vs. 7 years ago.

I have some pictures from last summer when I was there with friends. I'll update once located.

[azeron17]

I have nothing to do tomorrow so maybe I'll visit.