Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery

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. Battery construction started 6 Sep 1895, was completed and transferred for use 31 Mar 1898 at a cost of £4419. Deactivated in 1942.

Lower Battery Gun Emplacement	Lower Battery Magazine
Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery

Endicott Period (1890-1910)

Part of the Harbor Defense of Victoria and Esquimalt Harbors.

The Lower Battery was built between 1895 and 1898 for two 6" Mark VI breech loading guns and two Mark IV disappearing carriages. The battery included a compound that had a land side defensive outer wall and a casemate barracks that housed the gun crews for both the Upper and Lower Gun Batteries.

Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery Plan 1903

Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery Plan & Elevations 1903

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  Lower Battery Ammunition Storage
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  Lower Battery Gun Lifting Gin
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  Lower Battery Barracks
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  Lower Battery Barracks Interior

Current Status

Part of Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site of Canada in British Columbia, Canada. Displays include furnished barracks rooms, a guardhouse and a smoothbore cannon lifting gin. One smoothbore cannon on display. The gun emplacements do not have guns or carriages mounted but the roller races remain.

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Location: Fort Rodd Hill, British Columbia, Canada Maps & Images Lat: 48.432027 Long: -123.450472 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: .....'

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• North American Forts - Fort Rodd Hill

Visited: 22 Jun 2009

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