Air Ventilation Shaft Fort Barchon

This is the air ventilationshaft of fort Barchon.

As with al the fortresses the ventilationshaft would be out of strategic reasons at some distance of the fort itself. When approaching the fortress from the north ore east the ventilationshaft can not be seen. It is strategically located in a valley near the fortress.

For good reason this location had been selected. When Germany would launch an attack at Belgium, they would approach the fortress from the north ore east. The ventilation shaft therefore would not give away the position of the fort.

The entrance to the bunker is open. There is a gunopening for defences and a massive steel door prevents acces.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski