File:Battery 235, Fort San Jacinto, Galveston, Texas 1225101348 (5297745057).jpg
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Taken on a cold windy Christmas Day with my daughter. The water surface here is several yards above sea level, and is mixed with silt dredged to keep the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston harbor clear. I'd hoped to get picures of the bits of Fort San Jacinto still visible in the empoundment, but am running out of time, will never be able to document portions still visible a few months ago. The Army Corps of Engineers plaque nearby reads: FORT SAN JACINTO The northeastern tip of Galveston Island has seen defense fortifications since the early 1800's. Crude Spanish and French forts (1816-1818) gave way to small sand forts and batteries constructed by the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1844. In 1863 the Confederate Army built sandbag breastworks and an earthen battery named Fort Point. All traces of these early fortifications were destroyed by the strong winds and tides which regularly reshaped the sanddy tip of the island. A more substantial fortification called Fort San Jacinto was built here by the U.S. Army in 1897. After the fort was destroyed in the 1900 storm, the Galveston seawall was extended northward in 1921 to protect this area. The fort was rebuilt and new gun emplacements were added for the defense of Galveston during World War II. The round concrete base of one of these 80 mm gun emplacements remains here today. Fort San Jacinto was decommissioned in 1959. US Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Since 1959, the Corps of Engineers has used the location of Fort San Jacinto as a landfill for dredging spoils. It has been made clear that they do not consider preservation an option. |
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| Source | Battery 235, Fort San Jacinto, Galveston, Texas 1225101348 |
| Author | Patrick Feller from Humble, Texas, USA |
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