Military remains · 1917
Coastal Defense Battery No. 15
At Kurikneeme on the north-west of Aegna island lie the ruins of Battery No. 15, the Alexander Nevsky battery. Building began in 1915: a 200-metre concrete block with a 9-metre tower at each end, where armoured turrets on huge ball bearings carried two 12-inch guns each, with two underground floors for crews and charges. Only the eastern turret was finished, in 1917. The guns never fired in the war; fleeing Bolsheviks blew it up on 27 February 1918, before German troops arrived. Independent Estonia later used it as its Coastal Battery No. 1.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Aegna saare loodeosas Kurikneemel on rannakaitsepatarei nr 15 ehk Aleksander Nevski patarei varemed. Ehitus algas 1915. aastal: 200 meetri pikkune betoonehitis, mille kummaski otsas oli 9-meetrine torn, kus suurtel kuullaagritel pöörlesid kahe 12-tollise kahuriga soomustornid, ning kaks maa-alust korrust meeskonnale ja laengutele. Valmis vaid idapoolne torn, 1917. aastal. Sõjas patarei ei tulistanud; põgenevad enamlased õhkisid selle 27. veebruaril 1918 enne Saksa vägede saabumist. Eesti Vabariik kasutas seda hiljem rannikupatareina nr 1.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rannakaitsepatarei_nr_15 ↗