Fifteen-inch Rodman - Side View
Two fifteen-inch (380 mm) Rodman guns were installed in 1873 to suplement earlier weapons. They remained in service until the Spanish American War ended in 1898.
Rodman guns were cast in the United States from 1861 onwards using a new process which allowed casting cannon larger than what was possible before. These massive pieces were intended for coastal defense in static positions.
Fort Moultrie is a brick coastal defense fort completed in 1809 to guard the entrance to Charleston Harbor. It's the third fort built at this location. The first was a wooden fort which decayed and the second fort was destroyed by a hurricane. Fort Moultrie was obsolete by the end of the American Civil War in 1865, but was modernized and retained as a military post until 1947. Now a historical relic and museum. Near Charleston, South Carolina. I visited this place on April 11, 2018.
Fifteen-inch Rodman - Side View
Two fifteen-inch (380 mm) Rodman guns were installed in 1873 to suplement earlier weapons. They remained in service until the Spanish American War ended in 1898.
Rodman guns were cast in the United States from 1861 onwards using a new process which allowed casting cannon larger than what was possible before. These massive pieces were intended for coastal defense in static positions.
Fort Moultrie is a brick coastal defense fort completed in 1809 to guard the entrance to Charleston Harbor. It's the third fort built at this location. The first was a wooden fort which decayed and the second fort was destroyed by a hurricane. Fort Moultrie was obsolete by the end of the American Civil War in 1865, but was modernized and retained as a military post until 1947. Now a historical relic and museum. Near Charleston, South Carolina. I visited this place on April 11, 2018.