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WEST HEAD, FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. THE PORT PHILLIP DEFENCES ARE BEING EXTENDED TO FLINDERS. A SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AND ENGINE ROOM IS SHOWN IN THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION. OWING TO THE PRECIPITOUS NATURE OF THE COUNTRY, IT IS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT CHUTES AT VERY ACUTE ANGLES, BY WHICH MEANS THE MATERIAL IS DESPATCHED TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS. DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY FORTRESS ENGINEERS, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES, WORKS SECTION. INCLUDED IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ARE:- PRIVATE N.R. BURNEY AND SAPPER K.J. MCDONNELL, BOTH INSIDE EMPLACEMENT, AND LANCE-CORPORAL A. MCQUEEN ON EXTREME RIGHT.
WEST HEAD, FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. CARPENTERS AT WORK ON SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT FLINDERS, AN ADDITION TO PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY FORTRESS ENGINEERS, PORT PHILLIP F
FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. BUILDING A SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT FLINDERS AS PART OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. THE ACUTE ANGLE OF THE CHUTE WHICH CARRIES THE MATERIAL TO THE EMPLACEMENT IS PLAINLY SHO
FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. A SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT IN THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION AS SEEN FROM ABOVE. THIS IS A PORTION OF A GENERAL EXTENSION OF THE PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES TO THIS AREA.
FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. CAMOUFLAGED SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT FLINDERS WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND WHICH FORMS PART OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES.
WEST HEAD, FLINDERS, VICTORIA. AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. SAPPER R. REID AT WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENGINE ROOM AT FLINDERS AS PART OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. THE NEW INSTALLATIONS WERE DESIGN
WEST HEAD, FLINDERS, VICTORIA. AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. AN UP-TO-DATE GUN EMPLACEMENT AND OTHER DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED AT FLINDERS AS ADDITIONS TO PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. ALTHOUGH
