A Visit to Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven

over 1 year ago

A Visit to Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven

For todays post I am sharing a few shots from Fort Phoenix State Reservation in Fairhaven

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Fort Phoenix is a former American Revolutionary War-era fort located at the entrance to the Fairhaven-New Bedford harbor, south of U.S. 6 in Fort Phoenix Park in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The fort was originally built in 1775 without a name, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Just off the fort, in Buzzards Bay, was the first naval engagement of the American Revolution, the Battle off Fairhaven on 14 May 1775

On 5–6 September 1778, the fort was destroyed by the British when they raided the harbor. A force under Major Israel Fearing drove off the British, both at the fort and when they attempted an attack on the town the next day. The fort was then renamed Fort Fearing. In 1784 it was given the name "Fort Phoenix" after the mythical bird that rose from its own ashes.

as well as cannons and remnants of the Fort, the park has a nice walking path out on the hurricane barrier, tennis courts and a beach, but for this post I will focus mainly on the cannons as the sun rises

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This time of year I do not visit this park often, as during summer they lock the car park entrance at night, I am guessign to stop people coming late at night and partying and messing up the beach, a shame people do that and cause the park to be closed for others to enjoy in the early morning.

There is a road justy outside the park, but signs say no parking before 7Am, now I could probably ignore the no parking signs and not get ticketed, but I don't risk it and the odd time I visit there during summer i park a few blocks away and walk there

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This next shot is on the Hurricane barrier wall, looking back at he spot with the cannons

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and back to the cannons

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and you can see this cannon was built so it could be easily rotated

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and a shot of the beach to finish off the post

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And that’s all folks

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@poshtoken 83

over 1 year ago

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@littlebee4 73

over 1 year ago

So interesting to see the canon was built to rotate. Don’t think I ever saw that before.
Beautiful views and the colours are great.
To bad they have to close down the car park, but you can at least enjoy it at other times.
Thanks for sharing @tattoodjay 😁👋🏻

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