Last updated: May 10, 2021
Place
Battery Pensacola
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Battery Pensacola, located in the center of Fort Pickens, illustrates the evolution of coastal defenses from brick and stone fortifications to modern reinforced concrete.
Completed in 1899, Battery Pensacola mounted two 12-inch rifles on disappearing carriages capable of firing 1,070-pound shells approximately eight miles.
The battery was declared surplus in 1933. Its guns were removed in 1934 and its carriages sold for scrap in 1942.