Blockhouse Collection

Captured German blockhouse at Croiselles, WW1
Captured German blockhouse on the Hindenburg Line at Croiselles, France, wrecked by Allied artillery, First World War. circa 1916-1917

The Kleine Berta Mortar, Boezinge
This Little Bertha mortar (named after Bertha, Gustav Krupps wife), sits on the top of an ivy-covered blockhouse in the centre of the village

The Davis Blockhouse near Coupeville, Washington, USA
The Davis Blockhouse in Sunnyside Cemetery built in 1855, near Coupeville, Washington State, USA. Whidbey settlers constructed a number of defensive blockhouses in the 1850s in response to threats

Bosch Dugouts, by William Hugh Duncan Arthur, WW1
Bosch Dugouts, Hill 60 Sector, drawing by William Hugh Duncan Arthur, First World War. Showing a deserted German blockhouse with a table and chairs outside. 1917

Orange River, Cape Colony, South Africa
Norvals Point, Orange River, Cape Colony, South Africa, with a Blockhouse (octagonal fort, a relic from the Second Boer War) on the right. Date: circa 1910

Blockhouse, Fort Methuen, Mafeking, South Africa
Blockhouse of the South Lancashire Regiment, Fort Methuen, at Mafeking (Mahikeng, Mafikeng), NW Province, South Africa, during the Second Boer War. Date: circa 1900

Blockhouse at Tembo Camp, Kenya, WW1
Blockhouse at Tembo Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1915

Shutter Detail Fort Ross
Heavy redwood shutters bonded by angled dove-tailed bars without nails. Massive interlocking redwood structure of the blockhouse at Fort Ross built by Russian fur traders between 1812 - 1842

The Broch of Clickimin, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
The Broch of Clickimin broch (also Clickimin broch) - a large and well preserved (though somewhat restored ) broch near Lerwick in Shetland, Scotland

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
The Fort Pitt Blockhouse (sometimes called Bouquets Blockhouse or Bouquets Redoubt) - a historic building in Point State Park in the city of Pittsburgh

Martin Viking 4 rocket prior to launching
View through the blockhouse window of the nose of Martin Viking 4 rocket prior to launching from the deck of the USS Norton Sound

Settlers first blockhouse. Settlers outside of log cabin, with steamboat on river in background. Date c1870

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