Fort Zachary Taylor State Park visit

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After a posting I made about the Springfield Armory was well received I figured I'd share another historic spot I took a look at. Found myself in Key West last week and took a ride over to Fort Zachary Taylor. Construction of the fort was started in 1845, and during the Civil War era was at three tier fort. Over time the tiers were reduced as the fort was modernized through the Spanish-American War, WW1/WW2 and later. Eventually the fort was added to the NRHP in 1971.

An image of a painting of the fort from the last half of the 19th century, image from wikipedia.

Most of the pictures to follow are of ACW cannons.

 

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Another image from wikipedia, showing the fort and its moat, during most of its usage the front of the fort was directly on the ocean, only later was the land in front of it filled in.

 

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What it originally would have looked like. At its peak, during the muzzle loading era would have mounted 126 pieces.

 

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As the fort was modified over the years, they took the civil war era cannons and tossed them in the concrete being poured to help fill the walls!!

 

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And now for some cannons, don't know a ton about them as I really focus on the 18th Century but here you go.

 

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