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Baltimore, Maryland, ca. 1911 : Fort Carroll at entrance of Harbor

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Baltimore Stationery Company, Baltimore, Md

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Fort Carroll is located on an artificial island in the Baltimore Harbor outside of the Key Bridge, just south of Baltimore. Colonel Robert E. Lee, the future general-in-chief of Confederate forces in the American Civil War, was for three years in charge of the fort construction that started in 1848. The fort was built on Soller’s Point Flats in order to protect the city of Baltimore from potential invaders. In 1850, the fort was named after Charles Carroll (1737-1832), the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence and a prominent politician from Maryland. Lack of funds prevented the construction project from being finished. The original design included three levels fitted for 250 to 350 cannons. Although unfinished, the fort was fully manned during the Civil War and had about 30 cannons to guard the harbor. In 1853 a lighthouse was installed atop the fort. In later years, Fort Carroll gradually languished, and was only manned briefly again in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. In 1921 the Army officially abandoned Fort Carroll. Only the lighthouse remained operational for a while, but its use was eventually discontinued. The fort was sold to Benjamin N. Eisenberg in 1958.
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  1. Baltimore
  2. Baltimore (Md.)
  3. Fort Carroll Baltimore, Md.)
  4. Fortification
  5. History
  6. Maryland
  7. Pictorial Works
  8. Postcards

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