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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 | [[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]] | ||
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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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== [[Endicott Period]] (1890-1910)== | == [[Endicott Period]] (1890-1910)== | ||
Revision as of 03:55, 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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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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