Fort Macomb

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19th-century fortification coastal defense fort historic site

Fort Macomb is a 19th-century masonry coastal defense fortification near New Orleans, Louisiana, built to protect the approaches to the city and now preserved as a historic site.

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Label	Occurrences
Fort Macomb canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century fortification ⓘ coastal defense fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ
abandoned	late 19th century ⓘ
accessPolicy	closed to general public due to safety concerns ⓘ
constructionEndDate	1830 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1822 ⓘ
controlledBy	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentCondition	ruin ⓘ
dateNRHPListing	1966 ⓘ
function	guarding eastern water approach to New Orleans ⓘ
garrisonedBy	Confederate troops ⓘ United States Army personnel ⓘ surface form: United States Army troops
hasCategory	Buildings and structures in Orleans Parish, Louisiana ⓘ Forts in Louisiana ⓘ Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana ⓘ
hasFeature	casemates ⓘ moat ⓘ outer earthworks ⓘ parade ground ⓘ
hasShape	irregular star fort ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark place listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
isOpenToPublic	no ⓘ
locatedIn	Louisiana ⓘ Orleans Parish ⓘ surface form: Orleans Parish, Louisiana
locatedNear	Lake Borgne ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
locatedOn	Chef Menteur Pass ⓘ
managedBy	Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism ⓘ surface form: Louisiana Office of State Parks
materialUsed	brick ⓘ masonry ⓘ
namedAfter	Alexander Macomb ⓘ surface form: General Alexander Macomb
nearbyStructure	U.S. Highway 90 bridge over Chef Menteur Pass ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber	66000375 ⓘ
ownedBy	Louisiana ⓘ surface form: State of Louisiana
partOf	Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ surface form: Third System of US coastal fortifications
previousName	Fort Wood ⓘ
region	Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: Gulf Coast
significantEvent	damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 ⓘ
usedDuringConflict	American Civil War ⓘ
usedFor	coastal artillery ⓘ defense of approaches to New Orleans ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third System of US seacoast defense → hasPart → Fort Macomb ⓘ

Alexander Macomb → hasPartInName → Fort Macomb ⓘ

Alexander Macomb → namesakeOf → Fort Macomb ⓘ