Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, the first photo should have been: <http://ed-thelen.org/J-McGrath/ftduvall2.jpg> Jim Jim Hemenway wrote: > Hi Philippe: > > It was the only place where I shot any photos that day... because of the > light. > > The island was evidently used to raise hogs a long time ago and in the > 1920's it became Fort Duvall, a coastal artillery battery... I've seen > photos of some very large guns which were there: > <http://ed-thelen.org/J-McGrath/FTDuvall.jpg> > > When I was a teenager in the late '50s, one could drive by, but not > enter the island. It was still named Little Hog Island and had become > the site of a Nike missile defense base: > <http://ed-thelen.org/J-McGrath/FTDuvall.jpg> > for the tracking and control of 30 Nike Ajax Hercules missiles at a > companion site across Hingham Bay in Weymouth. > > Now it is named Spinnaker Island and is a gated condominium complex > built on the remains of the Nike base. One can still drive by, but not > enter the island. :-( > > Jim > > P.S. The companion missile site, several miles away, has become a nice > park in which to walk > > > > Philippe AMARD wrote: > >> Very pleasant light Jim. >> >> What's the isaland in the background in the first photo? It looks like >> a place worht a stroll, am I mistaken? >> >> Thanks for the series >> phx