ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu7833)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=4286488+98325nu0mrj.jpg)
Fort Point was built between 1853 and 1861 as part of the defense for the San Francisco Bay. It's masonry work is considered some of the finest examples of work from that era and it architecture is consider some of finest of military architecture. It is located directly below the southern approach to the Golden Gate Bridge. When the bridge was being built, Fort Point was to be demolished but the Bridge's Chief Engineer Joseph Strauss redesigned the bridge to save the fort, saying "While the fort has no military value now, it remains nevertheless a fine example of the mason's art... It should be preserved and restored as a national monument.":
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu+8;8)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=4286488+9;325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| Fort Point |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu;44;)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=42864873(5325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| Some of the hallways in the Fort Point |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu;+49)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=42864873+9325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| Some of the brick work |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu5;86)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=4286488+3325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| The inside of the courtyard of Fort Point |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu4979)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=4286488+4325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| From the roof of Fort Point |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu9439)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=4286493645325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| The lighthouse |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu9+59)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=4286488+6325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| Cannonballs |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu92;5)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=4286488+;2325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| 8 inch cannon |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu7769)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=4286488+9325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| Rodman Cannon |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu4356)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=4286488+;3325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| Mini-cannon |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu46;6)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=428649363+325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| The round. elevated platforms were for the cannons on top of Fort Point |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu(662)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=4286488+5325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| Magazine Room |
And they also have some things that show how life was at Fort Point:
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu(67=ot)739;=;35=325=XROQDF)33773+2727234ot1lsi.jpg) |
| A private's cap |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu(272)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=42864873+325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| Daily ration for a solider in 1864 |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu7;(4)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=42864873;2325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| Light House Keepers uniform |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu9768)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=42864873;;325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| Hospital Steward Uniform |
ydnjthgqubwsnrcgu+347)nu=82+)+44)234)WSNRCG=42864873;5325nu0mrj.jpg) |
| Officer's quarters |
This is great. I love historical exhibits.
ReplyDeletehttp://joycelansky.blogspot.com/2014/07/ww-how-to-take-perfect-photograph.html
Thanks and thanks for stopping by.
DeleteWhat a great old building, glad it was not torn down, I had not ever heard of it. Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad it wasn't. It is a great place.
DeleteLots of great photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
DeleteAmazing place! Architecture looks awesome. Thanks for sharing these nice photos. #WW
ReplyDeleteIt is a great place. There is something in those walls.
DeleteLoved your interesting photos ;-)
ReplyDeleteHave a tanfastic rest of week ;-)
Thanks.
DeleteI hope you have a great rest of the week.
I did not know that the bridge had been redesigned to protect the Fort -- that's fabulous! It's a really cool building,
ReplyDelete:-)
Traci
I did not know that either.
DeleteFort Point is cool.
I've only been to San Francisco once. Sorry I missed this little exhibit. There's just so much to do there! Thanks for teaching me, Patrick. And thanks for linking up with Ketchup With Us. Hope to see you again on the 15th. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome and you see me on the 15th.
DeleteVery cool place to visit. Not sure I would have wanted to have been a soldier there though :)
ReplyDeleteEvery time I am there, I was think and try to imagine what it was like to be stationed there 150 years ago. It is scary.
DeleteThis looks like such an interesting place to visit! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome.
DeleteIt is a very interesting place.
Cool pix! I love visiting historical sites. We have a fort in a nearby county on a lake, but it's not fancy like this. It's from the Revolutionary war, but it's really cool! Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed the visit.
ReplyDeletehttp://curiousasacathy.com/2014/07/ww-in-memory/
Now, that is cool.
DeleteThanks.
That looks like a very interesting place. I really hope to visit San Francisco someday! I love looking at interesting buildings and places with a real history!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog! Are you interested in military places? I have done 3 posts on some in NJ, with my favorite being Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook:
New Jersey Memories: Military Places
I have also have written on lighthouses!
New Jersey Memories: Lighthouses
Those were so cool.
DeleteIt is.
Such a cool place. I love visiting historical sites <3 Thanks for joining us at FTAF!
ReplyDelete