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Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Pea Patch Island, New Castle County, DE
LocationPea Patch Island,
Pea Patch Island, DE
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS DE-194
Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & used to house Confederate prisoners until 1865. The fort was garrisoned during the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II. It was closed in 1944.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. EAST SIDE WITH BRIDGE AND BASTION
2. WEST SIDE, GORGE FACADE WITH CASEMATE AND BARBETTE FENESTRATION
3. NORTHWEST CORNER WITH BASTION, GENERAL
4. NORTHWEST CORNER WITH BASTION, DETAIL
5. WEST SIDE WITH SALLY PORT AND BASTION
6. WEST SIDE, LOOKING NORTH FROM TOP OF BASTION
7. SALLY PORT ENTRANCE, EXTERIOR DETAIL
8. WEST SIDE WITH SALLY PORT
9. GUN PLATFORMS, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
10. GUN PLATFORMS, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
11. SOUTH END, ENDICOTT BATTERY WITH GUNPITS
12. PARADE GROUND WITH OFFICERS' QUARTERS, LOOKING WEST
13. GUN PLATFORM WITH BREAST-HEIGHT WALL
14. OFFICERS' QUARTERS AND BARRACKS, LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM GUNPIT
15. NORTHEAST, STAIRTOWER AND CASEMATES
16. PARADE GROUND WITH OFFICERS' QUARTERS, CASEMATES, AND STAIRTOWER, LOOKING NORTHEAST
17. CASEMATE EMBRASURES
18. SOUTH SIDE ENDICOTT BATTERY AND PARADE GROUND
19. NORTHEAST, CASEMATE EMBRASURES
20. WEST SIDE, ORIGINAL SALLY PORT
21. STAIRTOWER, EXTERIOR
22. PEDIMENTED ENTRANCE OF SALLY PORT
23. DOORWAY TO LATRINE
24. ENTRANCE TO SALLY PORT, INTERIOR
25. FLOOR OF SALLY PORT ENTRANCE, DETAIL, LOOKING EAST
26. BAKEOVEN
27. CASEMATES WITH SHUTTERS, GENERAL
28. CASEMATES WITH SHUTTERS, DETAIL
29. FIREPLACE
30. MULTI-CASEMATE ARCHES UNDER BASTION
31. MULTI-CASEMATES ON FIRST TIER
32. FIRST CASEMATE TIER, SEMI-CIRCULAR IRON DEMARCATION ON FLOOR
33. FIRST TIER CASEMATES
34. STAIRWAY IN TOWER
35. DOORWAY TO OFFICERS' QUARTERS WITH SEMI-ELLIPTICAL FANLIGHT ARCH AND RECTANGULAR SIDELIGHTS
36. OFFICERS' QUARTERS, INTERIOR
37. SQUAD ROOM
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