Upper Gun Battery - The Rocks - Sydney, NSW
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BruceS
S 33° 51.295 E 151° 12.534
56H E 334304 N 6252486
Marker giving history of the upper battery of the Dawes Point Battery, now under the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Sydney, Australia.
Waymark Code: WMFRT6
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 11/24/2012
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From historical marker:
Upper Gun Battery
Francis Greenway designed and oversaw the construction of the upper gun battery as part of the improvement of defences at Dawes Point in 1819. The semi-circular shaped upper battery was retained during the enhancement of Sydney's defences in the 1850s, when five 42-pounder cannon were installed. Circular tracks carved into the bedrock meant that each cannon was able to swivel through a 180° angle.
The cannon, which had never fired an angry shot, were removed from Dawes Point when works began on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1920s. The cannon were stored at Taronga Park Zoo until they were returned to Dawes Point Park in 1945.