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| '''{{PAGENAME}} (1826-1946)''' - First named [[:Category:Fort Calhoon|Fort Calhoon]] and renamed Fort Wool after the [[U.S. Civil War]] for Union General [[John E. Wool]]. Conceived in 1817 and built on an artificial island southeast of [[:Category:Fort Monroe|Fort Monroe]]. It served to guard Virginia's Hampton Roads harbor through [[World War II]]. It became a Hampton Roads City Park in 1970.
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| ==Construction==
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| Construction began on the artificial island in 1818 and by 1823 had raised the island to a height of six feet above high tide.
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|36.98592|-76.30122}}
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| * [http://www.geocities.com/hrforts/Fort_Wool/history.htm A Brief History of Fort Wool]
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| * [http://www.virginiahospitalitysuite.com/hampton_roads%20fortwool.htm Short History of Fort Wool]
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