1872 Construction

The original 1872 plans specified that eleven gun emplacements with twenty guns and a mortar battery with six emplacements were to be built. Only two gun emplacements and two magazines were ever completed, the magazines are still visible to your left.<br><br>The battery control station for Battery Arnold, a fifty-five foot high steel tower, was built in 1902 and turned over to the artillery on May 27, 1902. This tower was outfitted with a single ten by ten foot observation room. It was used to assist fort personnel in aiming the 12-inch guns. In later years it was also used for the control of the 10-inch guns at Battery Harker.