This
view of the North Harbor illustrates how Skipper Hill bisected the
bottomside area.
The 2 white buildings at the base of Skipper Hill are hospital
buildings built by the Spanish. Corregidor's
climate was thought to be more healthful than the rest of the PI due
to cooler tempsand the
breeze. (At that time, climate was thought to cure disease, since
they didn't have anything else.) The US Army took over the hospital
in 1898 and sent sick soldiers there to recover from their
diseases. The nipa huts could be some US Army barracks, as well as
native huts. Note also the "semiphore" on the top of the hill on
right.
