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Listen: The Latin ProgramClose-up view showing Fort Clinch State Park cannons at Fernandina Beach, Florida.
Image Number
Rights
Collection
Series 1047 ; Box 10
Subject Term
Military weapons
Batteries (Ordnance)
Coast defenses--Florida--Fernandina Beach
Fortification--Florida--Fernandina Beach
Parks--Florida--Fernandina Beach
Recreation areas--Florida--Fernandina Beach
Tourism--Florida--Fernandina Beach
Service industries--Florida--Fernandina Beach
Cannons (Artillery)
State parks and reserves--Florida--Fernandina Beach
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Physical Description
General Note
Named for General Duncan Lamont Clinch, a prominent figure of the Second Seminole War, construction of Fort Clinch began in 1847. It is one of a series of masonry forts constructed between 1816 and 1867 known as the Third System Fortifications. The fort was built at the mouth of the St. Mary's River to protect the natural deep-water port of Fernandina, the eastern link of Florida's only cross-state railroad. Although no battles were fought here, it was garrisoned during both the Civil and Spanish-American wars. During the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps began preserving and rebuilding many of the structures of the abandoned fort which has been a part of the park system since 1935.
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