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GUN IMPLACEMENTS AT
THE GOLDEN GATE
Invasion of San Francisco That Never Came
The
southern anchor of the Golden Gate Bridge arches over Fort Point like
the protecting arm of a big
brother,
reaching across the steep cliffs
of the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Once considered impossible to bridge
the Golden Gate has become an American icon and the supreme identifying
image of San Francisco. Driving over the bridge to Sausalito is a celebration
of man’s engineering skill and ability to conquer nature, but stop
at the plaza of its southern achor and walk over it for the real unforgettable
close-up view of design facets in its “International Orange” steel
cable supports, and the dizzying look into the churning bay waters that
lick at its foot supports.
Hike underneath the southern
anchor from the plaza and you can nearly touch the steel lattice understructure
of the first landlocked arch supporting
the cable suspension section. Continue around the cypress
dotted
slope to the face of the Pacific Ocean, follow the path and through a
tunnel
and you will discover the remnants of an expected invasion that never
came. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, California expected
it’s Pacific coats to be assaulted. In anticipation, defensive
batteries of massive 16 inch gun were built as a protective shield. The
invasion never came and the guns were carted away and melted, but the
base implacements remain standing watch over the Pacific waves. © Bargain
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