the fort at Sunrise

Today I will share a few shots of the Old Fort in what I call Fort Taber Park here in New Bedford,

Some call the park for Rodman, and although on Maps and google searches the Fort itself is called Fort Rodman, some locals say it is Fort Taber

From what I have read online is is also known as the Old Stone Fort, Fort Rodman (known as "Fort at Clark's Point" until 1898) began construction in 1857 under the third system of US fortifications, and in 1862 construction became overseen by Henry Robert, author of Robert's Rules of Order and an Army Corps of Engineers officer. The fort, as built, had emplacements for 72 cannon in three tiers, a fourth tier was originally planned, but this was removed from the design to allow more timely completion. Construction was halted in 1871, and the fort as planned was never completed.

The fort is closed off and not safe and hence never opened to the public, I would love to see it restored but I have not heard of any plans to do that, and with the talks of budget cuts in the city this coming year any hope of that is gettign less likely and as each year goes by I would imagine its decaying more and hence would be more expensive to repair

I had taken some sunrise shots on the beach, and then took a walk around the fort, the glow from the sun as it rose over the horizon