Fort McClary 麦克拉里堡 @ Kittery

琪。RK
May 15, 2016
3 min read

Fort McClary

位于缅因洲南部的Kittery 海岸

于Piscataqua River的海口

曾是美国军方的一座防御城垒

在19世纪

它主要用以保护Portsmouth， New Hampshire的港湾及其美国海军的造船厂。

开放时间

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

入门： USD$3 / person

经历了超过275年的洗刷

（当中包括了五次大战争：革命战争年代，1812年战争，内战，美西战争和第一次世界大战）

（The Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I）

所幸存下来的结构

当中包括了建立于1844的碉堡

（现在归缅因州及Fort McClary State Historic Site所共同拥有）

Fort McClary正式成立于1808年

以来自New Hampshire的Major Andrew McClary所命名

Major Andrew McClary是一名前美国官员

却不幸地在1775年Bunker Hill战役中被杀害

如今这里是代表美国历史上最重要的堡垒之一

当中保留了军事历史和军事架构和技术变化的证据。

目前所留下的建筑

代表着几个不同时期所建造堡垒（包括了升级和修改，以满足该地区的防卫需求）

The Blockhouse

1844-1846年期间

"This structure, which dominates the fort site, was built during 1844-1846. The blockhouse represents a unique combination of construction materials. Its foundation is built of mortared fieldstone. The first story walls are of cut granite & the second story is built of squared logs. This structure was the last blockhouse constructed in Maine." -- quoted from Fort McClary, Maine State Historic Site

Inside The Blockhouse

The Granite Wall & Earthwork

1808-1844年

"The granite wall here was part of this site's fortification during period 1808-1844. The wall marks the location of a semicircular battery containing 9 cannons. 30 years later, this battery was modified into the board earthwork that existed today. This earthwork protected 3 large cannons when Fort McClary was garrisoned during the Spanish-American War in 1898." -- quoted from Fort McClary, Maine State Historic Site

The Granite Wall

1864-1868年

"The granite walls surrounding Fort McClary were built as part of a plan to modify the fort into a large enclosed structure with 2 tiers of cannons. Work on the plan was suspended as the Civil War ended & advancements in weapons technology made such a structure obsolete." -- quoted from Fort McClary, Maine State Historic Site

The Magazine

是当年士兵们收gun powder的地方

建立于1808年

也是当中最老的建筑物

"Solders stored gun powder in this brick building. When the magazine was built, Fort McClary also included barracks, an officer's quarters. an upper & lower battery & 10 cannons. This magazine's walls & roof were later strengthened to withstand attack from advanced weaponry." -- quoted from Fort McClary, Maine State Historic Site

The Granite Powder Magazine

1864-1868年

"This was also built as part of the fort's 1864-1868 madification plans & was designed to hold the powder for the cannons which would have been placed in the caponier nearby." -- quoted from Fort McClary, Maine State Historic Site

The Caponier

1864-1868年

"Like the unfinished granite wall surrounding Fort McClary, the 2 capeniers are part of plans to modify the fort from 1864-1868. A caponier is a work extending outside a wall that permits gunfire or cannon fire along the length of the wall." -- quoted from Fort McClary, Maine State Historic Site