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The lower level at Fort Gaines

A very short tunnel in the lower level of Fort Gaines. At the end of the tunnel the two RV Gypsies came to a small storage area with a floor that was flooded with water.

Lee Duquette in a tunnell
water in the fort

Below: The bakery housed a 12 foot oven, a smaller oven, and storage rooms.

bakery sign
bakery
broken baking pottery
kitchen at Fort Gaines

Below: The Blacksmith shop housed the garrison, blacksmithing and forging operations.

Blacksmith shop at Fort Gaines
Blacksmith shop at Fort Gaines

Below: The Ammunitions Magazine area stored the extensive network of ammunition magazines built for the coastal batteries.

Ammuninition Magazine
battery stanton
Lee at the battery Stanton

As explained in the sign above, the below photo is a hole in the ceiling where the cannons appeared and disappeared from.

cannon hole
ceiling tracks
ceiling tracks
Quartermaster Building sign
beds

Below: The museum entitled "Voices from the Past"

war shells
Minie Ball
shell fragments
Schenkl Shell
Battery Flags

Below: A woman disguised as man in order to fight.

 
poster
dolls

Below: Such a shame! One day the President of the United States and all of the Congressional members will NOT be able to read historical documents because they are written in cursive, which is no longer being taught in schools in the USA. Pitiful

voices from the past
voices from the past

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