In use Abandoned | Built by CORF | |
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Materials Concrete, steel, rock excavation Similar Ouvrage Col du Granon, Ouvrage Col de Restefond, Ouvrage La Moutière, Ouvrage Les Aittes, Ouvrage Le Lavoir |
Ouvrage Col de Buffere is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one combat block at an altitude of 2,393 metres (7,851 ft) on the Col de la Buffère. Additional blocks were planned but not built or were left incomplete.
Description
See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line.A small emergency exit exists at the southern end of the underground gallery, armed with a machine gun port.
References
Ouvrage Col de la Buffère Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA