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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3696694" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>Going into the arched areas of the fort, one also found entrances to other arched areas.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-kzmD6T5/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-kzmD6T5/0/378a0f33/X2/DSC_2960-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I was occasionally hampered by the fact that some areas were locked off and one could only see inside through a window. In the case of this photo, I was also unable to get my camera close enough to the glass to avoid getting reflections. So besides getting to see inside, one also gets something of a "self-portrait" of the photographer.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-z2mpfDg/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-z2mpfDg/0/51164f25/X2/DSC_2976-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-FqmX738/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-FqmX738/0/53cf9aba/X2/DSC_2977-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>This picture was taken from up on the inner wall. Besides the intermediate space between walls, one can also see gun emplacements at the left side of the photo. Gun emplacements tended to be concrete. One can also get just a glimmer of Mobile Bay in the background.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-DpQ8P7m/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-DpQ8P7m/0/26c3beae/X2/DSC_3015-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Battery Schenck was just outside the walls of the fort. Another battery was to the south of this battery and was built in the early 1900's for the placement of rapid firing guns to protect the bay. However, they discovered that that battery was built too high and was too much of a target, so it was deactivated and disarmed. However, a small portion of it was repurposed to be a control point for Battery Schenck. That other battery was called Battery Thomas.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-xGsxrfm/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-xGsxrfm/0/69d37fc6/X2/DSC_3019-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-SwrwJ9K/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-SwrwJ9K/0/e0fdaf52/X2/DSC_2990-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>To the east of Fort Morgan are additional batteries. Battery Bowyer proved to be ineffective, so it was later abandoned because its guns were of little value.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-fLNfHJr/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-fLNfHJr/0/f07f254e/X2/DSC_3057-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-9rGvLq8/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-9rGvLq8/0/43c8e5c2/X2/DSC_3060-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The last in the line of batteries was Battery Dearborn, and it included mortars with some very heavy capability. In one photo, one can see two pits with gears for those mortars. In addition, there are two other "circles" that have been filled in. Apparently those also had mortars, but those were taken and sent to France in WWI for our troops to use there.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-kZd4rPg/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-kZd4rPg/0/961f9923/X2/DSC_3070-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-2kWBDs9/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-2kWBDs9/0/b592c0ff/X2/DSC_3083-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3696694, member: 7900"] Going into the arched areas of the fort, one also found entrances to other arched areas. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-kzmD6T5/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-kzmD6T5/0/378a0f33/X2/DSC_2960-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I was occasionally hampered by the fact that some areas were locked off and one could only see inside through a window. In the case of this photo, I was also unable to get my camera close enough to the glass to avoid getting reflections. So besides getting to see inside, one also gets something of a "self-portrait" of the photographer. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-z2mpfDg/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-z2mpfDg/0/51164f25/X2/DSC_2976-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-FqmX738/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-FqmX738/0/53cf9aba/X2/DSC_2977-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This picture was taken from up on the inner wall. Besides the intermediate space between walls, one can also see gun emplacements at the left side of the photo. Gun emplacements tended to be concrete. One can also get just a glimmer of Mobile Bay in the background. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-DpQ8P7m/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-DpQ8P7m/0/26c3beae/X2/DSC_3015-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Battery Schenck was just outside the walls of the fort. Another battery was to the south of this battery and was built in the early 1900's for the placement of rapid firing guns to protect the bay. However, they discovered that that battery was built too high and was too much of a target, so it was deactivated and disarmed. However, a small portion of it was repurposed to be a control point for Battery Schenck. That other battery was called Battery Thomas. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-xGsxrfm/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-xGsxrfm/0/69d37fc6/X2/DSC_3019-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-SwrwJ9K/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-SwrwJ9K/0/e0fdaf52/X2/DSC_2990-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] To the east of Fort Morgan are additional batteries. Battery Bowyer proved to be ineffective, so it was later abandoned because its guns were of little value. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-fLNfHJr/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-fLNfHJr/0/f07f254e/X2/DSC_3057-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-9rGvLq8/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-9rGvLq8/0/43c8e5c2/X2/DSC_3060-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The last in the line of batteries was Battery Dearborn, and it included mortars with some very heavy capability. In one photo, one can see two pits with gears for those mortars. In addition, there are two other "circles" that have been filled in. Apparently those also had mortars, but those were taken and sent to France in WWI for our troops to use there. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-kZd4rPg/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-kZd4rPg/0/961f9923/X2/DSC_3070-X2.jpg[/img][/url] [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-2kWBDs9/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Fort-Morgan-Alabama/i-2kWBDs9/0/b592c0ff/X2/DSC_3083-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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