Casemates: Fort Point Tour

Notice the cannon mounted atop the casemates.

Casemates, the vaulted rooms on the North side of the parade, housed cannon that fired through iron-lined openings in the five-foot-thick walls. The casemates today contain cannons from multiple eras of defense at Fort Point. There are thirty casemates on each of the three tiers.

The South side of the parade was called the gorge. The first floor housed privies, store rooms, a guard room, a jail, and powder magazines.