darkoptics
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Fort Ord was a U.S. Army post on Monterey Bay in central California and covered over 28,000 acres.
It began life during the Mexican-American war in 1846, known then as Camp Ord and then became Fort Ord in 1917. The area made it ideal as an infantry training centre and it remained as one of the nations permanent army posts until
September 1994 when it closed.
Fort Ord was one of the most attractive locations of any U.S. Army post, because of its proximity to the beach and California weather.
Today a large national park exists in the area and is open to the public for hiking and mountain biking, and the land with the barracks on it looks to be earmarked for development.
My day here was very varied, something for everyone here! the built up part of Fort Ord is quite big although the majority of the derelict buildings are the rows upon rows of wooden barracks
The insides of these barracks were all trashed to some degree
I had a few locations that I wanted to seek out, the first was a traditional looking wooden church
The inside was a bit of a mess, but I had timed it just as the light through the window illuminated the broken organ in the middle of the floor
An olympic size swimming pool was next, I tried to find a part of this place that wasnt sprayed, it was quite colourful in there.
A prison was in the area too, a concrete company had taken over the grounds and from what i could see, had used some of their product to block up the entrances. The watchtowers were still on the edge of the fences
There were a few warehouses dotted around as well, alot of them were covered in graf as well but some interesting places
There was an old truck base as well which i wasnt expecting to find
So if you've done San Francisco and the golden gate bridge, Alcatraz and you dont fancy the amazing California coastline or LA for that matter, then Fort Ord may be the day out for you.
Darren
It began life during the Mexican-American war in 1846, known then as Camp Ord and then became Fort Ord in 1917. The area made it ideal as an infantry training centre and it remained as one of the nations permanent army posts until
September 1994 when it closed.
Fort Ord was one of the most attractive locations of any U.S. Army post, because of its proximity to the beach and California weather.
Today a large national park exists in the area and is open to the public for hiking and mountain biking, and the land with the barracks on it looks to be earmarked for development.
My day here was very varied, something for everyone here! the built up part of Fort Ord is quite big although the majority of the derelict buildings are the rows upon rows of wooden barracks
The insides of these barracks were all trashed to some degree
I had a few locations that I wanted to seek out, the first was a traditional looking wooden church
The inside was a bit of a mess, but I had timed it just as the light through the window illuminated the broken organ in the middle of the floor
An olympic size swimming pool was next, I tried to find a part of this place that wasnt sprayed, it was quite colourful in there.
A prison was in the area too, a concrete company had taken over the grounds and from what i could see, had used some of their product to block up the entrances. The watchtowers were still on the edge of the fences
There were a few warehouses dotted around as well, alot of them were covered in graf as well but some interesting places
There was an old truck base as well which i wasnt expecting to find
So if you've done San Francisco and the golden gate bridge, Alcatraz and you dont fancy the amazing California coastline or LA for that matter, then Fort Ord may be the day out for you.
Darren
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