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  WWII Fortifications - Battery Point

 

 

Lyttelton Harbour
Inner Harbour Defence Installation
 

 

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BATTERY POINT BATTERY
WWII 2 gun  4" RML  Battery
  
Battery point from the Evans Pass road Click here for an index of the fortifications Looking up the hill towards the two 4" gun shelters
Inside the No1 gun shelter View of Battery Point showing both gun shelters, the crew "Ready" room and ablution block Crew "Ready" room and
No 1 gun shelter
Magazine
Observation post Observation Post interior No 1 searchlight No 2 searchlight

BATTERY POINT 1890's GUN POSITION
Part of Lyttletons defences in the 1890,s Russian Scare
  
 The original gun position was used as house foundations Inside of the gun position which later became the house basement The observation post above the gun Entrance to the magazine behind the gun
 
Looking toward the magazine entrance from the powder room The magazine powder room Entrance to the other magazine  
Notice: Battery Point is administered by the Lyttelton Port Company and is closed to the public.
 
Cass Bay magazine Area
 
Cass bay Magazine area is private property and closed to the public.

Pt Erskine & Magazine bay
Part of Lyttletons defences in the 1890,s Russian Scare
        
       
       
       

Pt Erskine and Magazine Bay are both open to the public and administered by DOC

 

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