Spur Battery
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Spur Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located in the Upper Battery area of the southern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, just southwest of O'Hara's Battery. A 9.2-inch Mark X breech-loading gun was mounted on the emplacement in 1902, with improvements made to the battery after World War I. In 1981 the 9.2-inch gun at Spur Battery was dismantled and transferred to the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, England, for preservation. The operation was known as Project Vitello.
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Spur Battery | |
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Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar | |
Upper Rock Nature Reserve, Gibraltar | |
Coordinates | 36.122713°N 5.343892°W / 36.122713; -5.343892 |
Type | Artillery Battery |
Site information | |
Condition | Poor |
Site history | |
Built | 1902 (1902) |
In use | Decommissioned; Gun transferred to Imperial War Museum Duxford in 1981 (1981) |
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