Fort Massachusetts

"Civilian workers with the U.S. Army began building the brick fort before the Civil War, but the arrival of Confederate forces forced suspension of construction in January 1861. Union forces returning nine months later found the fort’s brick walls stood only a few feet high and nowhere near completion."

Note the change in the bricks in the picture below.


















"The 15-inch Rodmans were among the largest smoothbore cannon manufactured; the barrel weighs 50,000 pounds. This type of cannon fired a 15-inch diameter cannonball weighing more than 300 pounds, with a range of approximately three miles."









View from the top, looking east.



View from the top, looking west.






Jason
7/12/08