Mono Monday Fort Rodman

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Mono Monday Fort Rodman

Another week begins and again I start the week with a Mono post.
this week after someone commented recently on a post I shared walking around Fort Tabor, that they hoped to see some more of the Fort, here it is from various angles and various shades of mono

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A little bit about the Fort

The fort which was also known as the old Stone Fort, and the Fort at Clarks Point until 1898, construction of the Fort started in 1857.
As built is had 72 cannons in three tiers, they had originally planned a fourth tier, but that was dropped to speed up the completion time for the fort

As I understand it the fort at different times had 12 Guns from 3 inch up to 8 inch that were active from around 1899 up to 1946

The guns were all scrapped by 1948, and the fort grounds became a Military reserve center, in the 1970's the reserve center closed and now the area is a public park.

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Locally there seems to be some confusion over the name of this Fort, when I share photos of it on Farcebook, calling it Fort Rodman, there is always one or two who state its Fort Tabor, and not Fort Rodman.
But from doing a bit of research on the Web, I am confident the fort itself is infact Fort Rodman, and the whole area of the park is Fort Tabor

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I took a few shots from different walks trying to show the fort from all angles

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This spot with the beach, the pier and of course this fort is one of my favorite spots from taking a walk for exercise here in the early morning, not many people there so it is peaceful and quiet

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