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== [[Endicott Period]] (1890-1910)== | |||
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[[Image:Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery - 31.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lower Battery Ammunition Storage]] | [[Image:Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery - 31.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lower Battery Ammunition Storage]] | ||
[[Image:Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery - 33.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lower Battery Gun Lifting Gin]] | [[Image:Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery - 33.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lower Battery Gun Lifting Gin]] | ||
[[Image:Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery Barracks - 01.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lower Battery Barracks]] | [[Image:Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery Barracks - 01.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lower Battery Barracks]] | ||
[[Image:Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery Barracks - 07.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lower Battery Barracks Interior]] | [[Image:Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery Barracks - 07.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lower Battery Barracks Interior]] | ||
The Lower Battery was built between 1895 and 1898 with two 6" breech loading guns on the site of an earlier gun battery. Vestiges of the old battery remained including a land side defensive compound and outer wall. The compound included a barracks that housed the gun crews for both the Upper and Lower Gun Batteries. The original underground magazine remained a part of the new battery. | |||
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== [[World War I]] (1917-1918) == | == [[World War I]] (1917-1918) == | ||
Revision as of 03:57, 8 August 2012
Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery (1895-1942) - Battery Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery was a reinforced concrete six inch coastal gun battery on Fort Rodd Hill, British Columbia, Canada. Deactivated in 1942.
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Endicott Period (1890-1910)
Part of the Harbor Defense of Victoria and Esquimalt Harbors.
The Lower Battery was built between 1895 and 1898 with two 6" breech loading guns on the site of an earlier gun battery. Vestiges of the old battery remained including a land side defensive compound and outer wall. The compound included a barracks that housed the gun crews for both the Upper and Lower Gun Batteries. The original underground magazine remained a part of the new battery.
Current Status
Part of Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site of Canada in British Columbia, Canada.
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Location: Fort Rodd Hill, British Columbia, Canada Maps & Images Lat: 48.432027 Long: -123.450472 |
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Visited: 22 Jun 2009
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