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The facility was used by the
Germans during the Second World War as a warehouse for aviation fuel. German soldiers were quartered at the Vilberg farm, located between the battery and the depot camp. Non-commissioned officers were accommodated on the second floor of the main house, and privates in a
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The battery area originally extended a considerable distance forward from the battery itself in order to provide a free line of fire. When the battery no longer had any military value, the land below the battery was returned to the
Vilberg farm for agricultural use, and the area between the battery
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material and another was used for ammunition storage. However, the plan is not clear and it confuses
Buildings 0003 and 0004 in its text and images. Building 0003 is located in a blasted-out recess, whereas Building 0004 is small and exposed. It can be assumed that Building 0003 was used for
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American make for crossing the Glomma was stored partly at the installation and partly in the buildings in the depot camp. This pontoon bridge was previously stored over an extended time at Stasjonsstranda next to
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The battery is designed as a long arch with a low parapet with ammunition niches and shallow covered chambers for the crew. Behind the battery's left wing stood a small ammunition building, which no longer exists.
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smaller house north of the farmyard. To the left, at the gate of the depot camp, there is the foundation of a smaller building. Its layout indicates that this may have been a guardhouse from the
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in 1907. The fact that the battery's buildings still exist and are close to their original condition makes the
Fetsund Battery unique among Norway's smaller border fortifications.
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50,000 in 2008. The depot camp has now been refurbished and is being rented out. With the refurbishment, the roofing of two of the buildings was changed from the original rounded
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crossing the Glomma over the
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