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See also: boom defence buildings.
The Boom Defence Jetty is on your right as you go out onto the South Mole, in Dago Bay. See the 2005 Slipways Conservation Plan for more information.
Wikipedia:
To protect the Fremantle Harbour, anti-submarine and anti-torpedo boom nets were installed across the harbour entrance in 1941, spanning between North and South Moles. This barrier was a buoyed wire mesh net that could be opened in its centre by a winch at North Mole.
Cockburn Sound anti-submarine boom net.
Wikipedia entry for Fremantle Fortress.
Slipways Conservation Plan, 2005.
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