Remains of a German army concrete fire point in the Ķegums HPP reservoir opposite Sidrabiņi
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Located about 0.25 km east of the Ķegums HPP reservoir bay near Silapūpēži, towards Jaunjelgava, opposite the Sidrabiņi farm. The fire point has partially sunk into the water and broken into several parts, resembling a pile of construction debris. The bank is overgrown. This is one of the fire points of the German army's World War I defense line on the left bank of the Daugava, which can be more or less traced along the entire length of the left bank of the Daugava. The aforementioned defense line is a large-scale military system that has not yet been fully evaluated as a single entity. The remains of the fire point can be viewed by boating along the Ķegums HPP. About 150 m west of the Daugava bank, the remains of another fire point have sunk into the water.
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