The old Royal Marines Barracks later called the Exiles building in Georgetown on Ascension Island.
The old Royal Marines Barracks building in Georgetown on Ascension Island. After the Marianes left in 1922 this became the Exiles Club and today it houses a few Island is an extremely isolated and relatively young oceanic island. It lies about 8 degrees south of the Equator and is approximately mid way across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to South America. The island is Km from north to south and 14 Km from west to east and has an area of 97 square Km with extremely rugged volcanic terrain. The Exiles, as this building was originally called, was constructed in 1830 as a single storey Marine Barracks. In 1848, a second storey was added bringing the capacity of the barracks to 150. A clock was provided as an alternative to the firing of a gun every hour to mark the time. It used to be said that time passed so slowly for the marines on Ascension that the clock chimed “Oh Gawd” every quarter of an hour. The building remained in use until 1903, when a replacement barracks were built. The old Barracks were kept as storerooms, (Maxim gun ammunition was kept in the cellar), and emergency accommodation, until 1922. With the withdrawal of the Navy, the building became the Ascension Club.
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Location: Georgetown, Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean
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