Fort Point NHS
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evrik
N 37° 48.606 W 122° 28.590
10S E 546080 N 4184874
Located at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, Fort Point was constructed to prevent entrance of a hostile fleet into San Francisco Bay.
Waymark Code: WM5AM
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2005
Views: 79
Rushed to completion at the beginning of the Civil
War, Fort Point was first garrisoned in February of 1861 by Company I, 3rd U.S.
Artillery Regiment.
Fort Point was constructed between 1853 and 1861 to
prevent entrance of a hostile fleet into San Francisco Bay. The fort was
occupied throughout the Civil War, but the soon the fort became obsolete.