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bgirmus
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Posted: 09 Jan. 2012 at 8:00pm |
I took advantage of the great weather this past weekend to visit the remains of Fort Holabird in Baltimore, MD. For those of you who don't know, Fort Holabird was the site of a US Army proving ground where the prototype jeep vehicles (Bantam Pilot, Willys Quad, and Ford Pygmy) were tested. Unfortunately, the area was redeveloped as an industrial park when the fort closed. All that is left of the proving ground is a tree-covered hill now part of a city park. On the face of the hill are 3 concrete pathways of varying steepness. Here's a photo looking up the steepest grade:
Despite obvious neglect, the hill is a pretty neat piece of history. Here's a link to the rest of the pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/brandongirmus/FortHolabirdMD# Brandon |
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damar2yxr
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I love that kind of stuff..........just imagine what went up that hill.......what was "proved" on that slope? It's fun to wonder.
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Joe DeYoung
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Thanks for Sharing Brandon. Very cool to think about that pic. The link doesn't open up your other pics. Is there a typo?
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Joe DeYoung
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bgirmus
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Joe,
I forgot to make the album public. I just corrected that, but it looks like it might take a little bit for the change to take effect. Brandon Edit: Link should work now. Sorry about that! Edited by bgirmus - 09 Jan. 2012 at 9:44pm |
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Brandon
VERY COOL !!!!! Did you drive your jeep up and over them? I don't think I could resist that . And take photos too! Man the history that happened there.
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Thanks a lot for those fantastic shots! Take a looke here:
http://www.film.queensu.ca/cj3b/Toledo3.html |
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Roberto Flores
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Joe DeYoung
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Thanks Brandon
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Joe DeYoung
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bgirmus
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No, unfortunately I did not have my Jeep with me. If I had, I probably would have given into the temptation and at least driven it up the least steep slope. Maybe I should make a return trip. Brandon |
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Bill Norris
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Very cool!
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Mike Gardner
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ive lived in baltimore my whole life. ive never taken the time to go
check it out. its a long drive but this spring i;m taking the 2a down
and i'll take those hills. you wanna meet me down there brandon? i could
do it now but those branches look a little low for the top..... but
whats a few more dents????!!!!! maybe i'll do it sooner... thanks for
postiong this!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mike Gardner
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O where on this field are the hills? I'm so totally jonesing to get some footage of my lil piggy creeping up these !!! I took this screen shot from my iPhone.
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F Bill
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Dateline Baltimore Maryland....a crazed Willys afficianado was apprehended today by officials at the Fort Holabird facility for driving onto a historic structure.... Amids shouts from the willys driver of "It's OKAY, I have a JEEP!" the local Swat team used rubber bullets and eventually a tazer gun to disable one M. Gardner who was attempting, as he put it, to duplicate a historic moment for Youtube. Fortunately for all involved a nearby National Guard regiment was called out and they had a member who was able to drive the tan, hardtop equipped jeep off the "test hill" as he was the only person there who still knew how to use a clutch. Officials stated that had the guardsman not showed up, they would have had to get a bomb disposal unit to vaporize the Willys without damaging the structure.
In a related story, a terrorist site was recently shut down on the internet by Obama's new czar of decency and political correctness, Chelsea Clinton. Swat teams have been sent to places as far away as Coleman, Texas to "nuetralize" members of "The 2A page" ....Allegedly her next targets will be something called Pirate and HAMB, as well as the mysterious and obviously evil ECJ5 page.
Edited by F Bill - 10 Jan. 2012 at 8:38pm |
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http://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/tech-faq_forum57.html for a lot of great stuff you need to know!! |
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Joe DeYoung
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LOL!!!!
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Joe DeYoung
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Mike Gardner
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i just shot a piece of ham outta my nose....
you'll never take me alive you fukers! |
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BOWJA01
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great post.....I love stuff like this
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Jim
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Mike Gardner
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what should i wear .... ?
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