Alright, I'm straying way out of the pines here (and out of the state), but if any place has an answer, it'd be this one.
After over a decade of saying, "Hey! I should totally do that!", I finally went to Pea Patch Island/Fort Delaware this weekend. For those who aren't familiar with it, Fort Delaware (located in the middle of the Delaware River, below the Delaware Memorial Bridge) was part of a three fort system (along with Fort Mott in New Jersey and Fort Dupont in Delaware) to prevent our enemies from coming up the Delaware to attack Philadelphia. It's claim to fame is that it was used as a prisoner of war camp during the Civil War.
My question is... what the heck is going on with the south side of the fort? The outside looks immaculate, but the south wall has what appears to be a pillbox built on top of it. That whole wall is really anachronistic, it looks a lot like the later designs at Fort Mott or the defenses at Sandy Hook. I know the fort was occupied until after WWII.
Outside looks the same all around:
Civil War part of inside of the fort:
The other side:
Another angle. Can see the pillbox just before it changes styles from poured concrete to brick.
Gun placements outside of the walls:
After over a decade of saying, "Hey! I should totally do that!", I finally went to Pea Patch Island/Fort Delaware this weekend. For those who aren't familiar with it, Fort Delaware (located in the middle of the Delaware River, below the Delaware Memorial Bridge) was part of a three fort system (along with Fort Mott in New Jersey and Fort Dupont in Delaware) to prevent our enemies from coming up the Delaware to attack Philadelphia. It's claim to fame is that it was used as a prisoner of war camp during the Civil War.
My question is... what the heck is going on with the south side of the fort? The outside looks immaculate, but the south wall has what appears to be a pillbox built on top of it. That whole wall is really anachronistic, it looks a lot like the later designs at Fort Mott or the defenses at Sandy Hook. I know the fort was occupied until after WWII.
Outside looks the same all around:
Civil War part of inside of the fort:
The other side:
Another angle. Can see the pillbox just before it changes styles from poured concrete to brick.
Gun placements outside of the walls:
