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[[Image: | [[Image:View-east-from-Ft-Funston-towards-Lake-Merced 2879.jpg]] | ||
'''View east from Fort Funston towards [[Lake Merced|Lake Merced]], 2014.''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Ft-Funston-Battery-Davis 2881.jpg]] | |||
'''Fort Funston's Battery Davis from east side, 2014. This is typical of the WWII-era gun emplacements that dot the coastal areas around San Francisco and are now mostly part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Ft-Funston-Battery-Davis-west-side 2883.jpg]] | |||
'''Fort Funston's Battery Davis from west side, 2014, once home to major artillery directed at repelling a Japanese invasion force during WWII that never materialized.''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Ft-Funston-view-south-to-Mussel-Rock 2895.jpg]] | |||
'''Fort Funston in the | '''View south along Pacific Coast from Fort Funston. Rocks leaving coast in distance are Mussel Rock, the point where the San Andrea Fault enters the Pacific Ocean.''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
[[Image:Ft- | [[Image:Hang-glider-off-Ft-Funston-with-cliffs 2889.jpg]] | ||
'''Fort Funston | '''Fort Funston is now best known as a premiere hang-gliding spot in the Bay Area.''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
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'''Fort Funston | '''Hang glider floats past Battery Davis at Fort Funston, 2014.''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
[[Image:sfsuingl$ft-funston-aerial-1980s.jpg]] | |||
'''Fort Funston in the 1980s.''' | |||
''Photo: National Park Service '' | |||
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Revision as of 14:22, 5 August 2014
Unfinished History
Fort Funston with Lake Merced on its east and the Pacific Ocean to its west on July 1, 1940.
Photo: National Park Service
View east from Fort Funston towards Lake Merced, 2014.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Fort Funston's Battery Davis from east side, 2014. This is typical of the WWII-era gun emplacements that dot the coastal areas around San Francisco and are now mostly part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Fort Funston's Battery Davis from west side, 2014, once home to major artillery directed at repelling a Japanese invasion force during WWII that never materialized.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
View south along Pacific Coast from Fort Funston. Rocks leaving coast in distance are Mussel Rock, the point where the San Andrea Fault enters the Pacific Ocean.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Fort Funston is now best known as a premiere hang-gliding spot in the Bay Area.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Hang glider floats past Battery Davis at Fort Funston, 2014.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Fort Funston in the 1980s.
Photo: National Park Service
