- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
We took a short camping trip down from Oregon to the California redwoods over the weekend. On the way back, we took a gravel back road and found this intriguing location: a WWII radar station built to look like a couple of farmhouses on a spot overlooking the Pacific.
These were built in response to the Japanese "attack" on the west coast, which only consisted of a bomber dropping two live bombs in the forest, and a submarine shelling Fort Stevens in Oregon, near Astoria, which caused little damage.
This wild stretch of coastline had very little human presence, so the radar station allowed the government to monitor a large swath of coastline against possible invasion.
The bunker-like concrete buildings were disguised to look like farmhouses, with wooden facades that were completely non-functional, such as gabled windows behind which the shingled roof can be clearly seen.
The narrow slit windows are covered with metal mesh, but peering into the gloom inside we could see that the interiors are completely cleared out.
A mere short drive from US 101 and a short walk off the gravel road down to the buildings, it was highly worthwhile, and a very neat part of history.
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These were built in response to the Japanese "attack" on the west coast, which only consisted of a bomber dropping two live bombs in the forest, and a submarine shelling Fort Stevens in Oregon, near Astoria, which caused little damage.
This wild stretch of coastline had very little human presence, so the radar station allowed the government to monitor a large swath of coastline against possible invasion.
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The bunker-like concrete buildings were disguised to look like farmhouses, with wooden facades that were completely non-functional, such as gabled windows behind which the shingled roof can be clearly seen.
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The narrow slit windows are covered with metal mesh, but peering into the gloom inside we could see that the interiors are completely cleared out.
A mere short drive from US 101 and a short walk off the gravel road down to the buildings, it was highly worthwhile, and a very neat part of history.
