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The island's biggest area, which points towards the west Philippine Sea, rises prominently to a large flat area that is called "Topside".Beneath this was the fortified communications center of the island, as well as the location for the Army headquarters, barracks for enlisted men, a branch of the Philippine Trust Co. bank, the Cine Corregidor movie theater, officers' quarters, underground ...
The two light stations, Corregidor and Caballo, were the second oldest lighthouses established in the country after the lighthouse at the mouth of the Pasig River. [6] The establishment of a lighthouse station on the island of Corregidor was recommended in the year 1835 during the administration of Governor Pascual Enrile y Alcedo.
American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898–1945. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-427-6. Morton, Louis (1953). The Fall of the Philippines. U.S. Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 5-2. Archived from the original on 2012-01-08
Mindanao Garden of Peace, Corregidor Island Commemorates the events leading to the Jabidah Massacre of 1968 and the resulting national crisis of the 1970s. Corregidor, Cavite City Filipino March 18, 2015 Navy Hospital of Cañacao Started functioning in 1875. Sisters of Charity took charge in July 1876. Caridad, Cavite City English
In ruins: Partly in ruins but it is the oldest existing lighthouse tower in the Philippines. Bagacay Point Lighthouse Catarman: Catarman: 1905, 1908: 72 ft (22 m) 44 m (144 ft) Active: Original lamp and lantern room were recently replaced. Bagatao Island Lighthouse Magallanes: Magallanes, Sorsogon: 1904: 29 ft (8.8 m) 135 ft (41 m) Active
The Malinta Tunnel is a tunnel complex built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines. It was initially used as a bomb-proof storage and personnel bunker, but was later equipped as a 1,000-bed hospital. [1]
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Battery Way was a battery of four 12-inch mortars located on the island of Corregidor. Battery Way was one of two (Battery Geary the other) mortar batteries at Fort Mills that, with Fort Hughes, Fort Drum, Fort Frank and Fort Wint formed the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. Battery Way was named for Lt. Henry N. Way of the 4th U.S ...