File:Halifax DSC 5911 - Searchlight stations (3790206994).jpg

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English: This the York Shore Battery, an abandoned WWII Command Centre with gun emplacements and light stations below the main fortifications.

York Reboubt was established in 1793 on a bluff overlooking the harbour entrance, and expanded in the 19th and 20th centuries, it was a key element in the defence of Halifax Harbour.

Past the gun emplacements are where the searchlights were located that would light up the entrance to the harbour.
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Author Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada
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Camera location44° 35′ 53.62″ N, 63° 33′ 07.36″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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