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Fort Foote Virtual Tour By Markers.
By Craig Swain, March 1, 2008
Entrance to Fort Foote
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| | High on a bluff, a hundred feet above the Potomac River, twelve heavy guns commanded the approach to the city. Smaller cannon were placed to protect Fort Foote from landward attack. Numerous buildings were constructed to house and support the large . . . — — Map (db m41414) HM |
| | Capt. Rufus King, Jr. devised a counterweight system and front-pintle mount that would allow the 49,000 pdr. Rodman Gun to depress during loading. Except for the brief periods of exposure to enemy fire during the aiming and firing of the gun, the . . . — — Map (db m7625) HM |
| Near Fort Foote Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Protecting the fort against land attack Armed with smaller field and siege guns, the landward bastions could deliver a sustained cannonade of 12- and 30-pounder shells. The long central traverse provided protection and contained magazines and . . . — — Map (db m7632) HM |
| Near Fort Foote Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | At the start of the Civil War, Washington was protected by only one fort, Fort Washington guarding the Potomac River approach. The capital city was uncomfortably close to Confederate forces operating in Northern Virginia. by 1864, a system of . . . — — Map (db m7635) HM |
| Near Fort Foote Road at Jessica Drive, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed. |
| | Among the largest cannon used in the Civil War Monumental in size, these two immense guns remain as sentinels ready to repel an attack on the Nation's capital. With their extended range and commanding location above the river, they were the key . . . — — Map (db m7636) HM |
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