[Stairway at Battery Kimble]

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Photograph of large metal doors and a stairway leading to the top side of Battery Kimble at Fort Travis on the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas. This bunker is constructed of reinforced concrete and burrowed into a hill. Battery Kimble was constructed in 1925 and is the largest battery at Fort Travis. Battery Kimble has two concrete pads for large guns, a magazine for ammunition, a commanders station, and barracks.

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Howington, Ann July 29, 2006.

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Photograph of large metal doors and a stairway leading to the top side of Battery Kimble at Fort Travis on the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas. This bunker is constructed of reinforced concrete and burrowed into a hill. Battery Kimble was constructed in 1925 and is the largest battery at Fort Travis. Battery Kimble has two concrete pads for large guns, a magazine for ammunition, a commanders station, and barracks.

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Photographing Texas

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  • July 29, 2006

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  • Aug. 21, 2006, 9:16 a.m.

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  • Aug. 13, 2019, 4:16 p.m.

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  • 29.363568314304747, -94.7576952

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Howington, Ann. [Stairway at Battery Kimble], photograph, July 29, 2006; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17229/: accessed January 23, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .

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