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Fort Clinch is located on Amelia Island, Florida, at the extreme northeast point in the State. In some shots, you'll see a stretch of land in the distance across the water. That's the state of Georgia.

Preliminary work on the fort commenced in 1847. When the civil war broke out in 1861, the fort was not completely built out and no cannons had been installed. At that time, the Confederate's owned the site but General Lee ordered the site to be evacuated. The Union forces then occupied the fort, finished construction, and installed all of the cannons. The fort never played a role in any of the war's actual combat, but it still served as a deterrent to the Confederate's moving in support during the war to inland waters.

The large cannons had an effective range from 3 to 6 miles...depending on the wight of the shells that were fired. Those shells weighed from 25 lbs. to 100 lbs. The smaller cannons had a range from 1 to 3 miles.

After 1869, the fort was essentially vacated of all personnel and military functions. In 1898, with the advent of the Spanish-American War, the fort was again activated to military use, but after about a year and a half, was evacuated once again and stayed that way until it was sold to the State of Florida in 1935. It then became one of Florida's first state parks.

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Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

These are cool photos, Tom. If you want to see another Florida fort that never saw action, check out the Dry Tortugas!

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Interesting and impressive canons ! .....Thanks for the tour and sharing

black mamba

Hi, Chief.

I've always wanted see that place but it never worked out. I might still make it one day.

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Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

Tom

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Very nice tour, Tom.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Awesome 🖤🖤🖤🖤 - and if I had those giant canons lobbing humongous canon balls at me, I think I would clinch 😁

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

It's worth the effort, Tom!

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

These old forts are a treat to explore, you captured it well Tom. I went thru a couple back in Louisiana years ago.

Don

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

A fine set. I didn't know that cannons could fire marshmallows, though.

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Thanks, Mike.

I'm at that site fairly often, but I don't go in the fort that much any more. Been there many times. I have found, however, that the beach in front of the fort is a prime time site for for finding sharks teeth.

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I'll probably get there, Chief. I was all set to go before with a friend that has a seaplane. He had some unexpected engine work on the plane that occurred at the time when we planned on going so that trip never happened.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

There is a catamaran "fast boat", whatever that means that tourists use to get out there. And a commercial seaplane schedule that goes out as well. I think they go out from Key West. My wife and I went down from Tampa on my brothers' sailboat. That was quite an adventure. Big storm on the way back, miserable several days beating against BIG waves. Not a fun time! There were, I think three NFL players from the Miami Dolphins out on a fishing boat that died during the storm. I can't remember the year.

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There's a fort in St. Augustine, Florida, that defines the term " old fort'. It was built by the Spaniards. Construction started in 1672 and completed in 1695. It is constructed out of coquina and was virtually indestructible to weapons of those times. Known as the " Castillo de San Marcos" it is a cornerstone in the city's history. There are many interesting facts about the place...one being that during our Revolutionary War, three signers of the Declaration of Independence were held there.

I have a very personal story about the fort that, one day, I will talk about.

black mamba

Well, the good news,Ken, is that those marshmallows don't really hurt you. They just do a proper job of messing you up.