Photos tagged as forts

Day_107_-_Fort Sumpter, Walls_Ext

Only one story remains of the original three story brick walls.

Date: 17 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Charleston, USA: gallery
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Day_107_-_Fort Sumpter, Shell in_Wall

Some shells are still embedded in the walls, left over from the Civil War.

Date: 17 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Charleston, USA: gallery
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Day_107_-_Fort Sumpter, Sand_Bar

This shows how close the fort is to one of the shorelines.

Date: 17 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Charleston, USA: gallery
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Day_107_-_Fort Sumpter, Location_Map

The map shows Fort Sumpter, located towards the left in the center, and other forts and defensive positions around Charleston Harbor during the Civil War.

Date: 17 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Charleston, USA: gallery
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Day_107_-_Fort Sumpter,_Flaggs

Date: 17 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Charleston, USA: gallery
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Day_107_-_Fort Sumpter,_Ferry

A view of the yard, walls and ferry at Fort Sumpter, in Charleston Harbor

Date: 17 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Charleston, USA: gallery
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Day_107_-_Fort Sumpter,_Cannon

Many of the casemates and cannon in Fort Sumpter were badly damaged during the Union seige later in the Civil War to retake the fort, ultimately successful.

Date: 17 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Charleston, USA: gallery
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Day_107_-_Fort Sumpter

This is a view as the ferry approached the fort. The black, concrete bunker in the center was added later. Exterior walls were originally three stories high.

Date: 17 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Charleston, USA: gallery
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Day_107_-_Charles Town Landing, Earthworks

The earliest settlers were very concerned about the Spanish, who also claimed the eastern coast. Defensive earthworks were an early part of their settlement.

Date: 17 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Charleston, USA: gallery
Tags: forts revolutionary_war
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Day_107_-_Fort Sumpter, ntrance

This is the ramp from the Ferry dock to Fort Sumpter's entrance. Keep in mind it was three stories tall before the Civil War.

Date: 17 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Charleston, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Photo of Cannon Damage

Rifled cannon made masonery forts obsolete.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_..Fort Macon, Enlisted Qtrs_Right

Part of a life sized diarama of enlisted mens quarters as it may have appeared during the civil war.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Rifling Signage

The signage in this museum was excellant. This one explains what rifling is.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Gate

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, WWII Barracks

One of the old casemates is set up as an example of how soldiers lived during WWII.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, View of_Ocean

You can see a slight view of the ocean from the top of the fort.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Outter_Wall

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Kitchen

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Interior Wall_Detail

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Hot Shot Furnace Signage

This sign explains how the hot shot furnace was used

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Hot Shot Furnace_Detail

Cannon balls were dropped from this end and rolled down over a super hot fire at the bottom, where they sat until they were red hot. These ovens were made obsolete by ironed hulled vessels which wouldn't catch fire when hit.