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Military installations closed in 1947
Fort PickensConstruction of Fort Pickens began in 1829 and concluded in 1834. French engineer Simon Bernard designed the structure as part of the Third System of…
Fort SumterConstruction began in 1829 on an artificial island created from a sand bar in Charleston Harbor. Seventy thousand tons of granite arrived from New England to…
Fort MoultrieOn the 28th of June 1776, a fleet of nine British warships approached Sullivan's Island under Admiral Sir Peter Parker. The fort they targeted was incomplete…