Third System of US seacoast defense

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United States military program coastal fortification program

The Third System of US seacoast defense was a 19th-century American coastal fortification program that constructed large, permanent masonry forts to protect key harbors and strategic points along the nation’s shoreline.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Third System of U.S. coastal fortifications	4
Third System of U.S. seacoast defenses	4
Third System of US seacoast fortifications	4
Third System of U.S. seacoast fortifications	3
Third System of US seacoast defense canonical	3
Third System of US coastal defenses	2
Third System of US coastal fortifications	2
Third System coastal fortification	1
Third System of U.S. coastal defenses	1
United States Third System coastal defenses	1
United States post–War of 1812 seacoast defense system	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military program ⓘ coastal fortification program ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States coastline ⓘ
architecturalStyle	masonry fortification ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	late 19th century ⓘ
follows	Second System of US seacoast defense ⓘ
hasGoal	defense of strategic coastal points ⓘ protection of key harbors ⓘ
hasPart	Fort Adams State Park ⓘ surface form: Fort Adams Fort Barrancas ⓘ surface form: Fort Barrancas (Third System reconstruction) Fort Caswell ⓘ Fort Clinch State Park ⓘ surface form: Fort Clinch Fort Delaware State Park ⓘ surface form: Fort Delaware Fort Gaines ⓘ Fort Gorges ⓘ Fort Independence (Boston Harbor, rebuilt) ⓘ Fort Jackson (Louisiana) ⓘ Fort Jefferson ⓘ Fort Knox (Maine) ⓘ Fort Macomb ⓘ Fort Macon ⓘ Fort Massachusetts (Mississippi) ⓘ surface form: Fort Massachusetts (Massachusetts) Fort Massachusetts (Mississippi) ⓘ Fort Massachusetts (Ship Island) ⓘ Fort McRee ⓘ Fort Monroe, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Fort Monroe Fort Morgan ⓘ Fort Moultrie ⓘ surface form: Fort Moultrie (Third System reconstruction) Fort Pickens ⓘ Fort Pike ⓘ Fort Point Cove ⓘ surface form: Fort Point (Boston) Fort Point (Galveston, planned/partial) ⓘ Fort Point (San Francisco) ⓘ Fort Gorges ⓘ surface form: Fort Popham Fort Pulaski National Monument ⓘ surface form: Fort Pulaski Fort Schuyler ⓘ Fort St. Philip ⓘ Fort Sumter ⓘ Fort Taylor ⓘ Fort Totten (New York) ⓘ Fort Trumbull (Third System reconstruction) ⓘ Fort Warren ⓘ Fort Washington (Potomac River) ⓘ
partOf	United States seacoast defense systems ⓘ
replacedBy	Endicott Period coast defenses ⓘ
significantEvent	American Civil War ⓘ
startTime	circa 1816 ⓘ
uses	brick masonry ⓘ stone masonry ⓘ

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Fort Sumter → builtDuring → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

Fort Pickens → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. seacoast fortifications

Fort Monroe, Virginia → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. seacoast fortifications

Fort Barrancas → architecturalStyle → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System coastal fortification

Fort Gaines → era → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. coastal fortifications

Fort Gorges → era → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

Fortress Monroe → builtDuring → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of US coastal fortifications

Fort Moultrie → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of US seacoast fortifications

Fort Warren → designedAsPartOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of US coastal defenses

Fort Massachusetts (Mississippi) → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. coastal defenses

Fort Taylor → era → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. coastal fortifications

Fort Jackson (Louisiana) → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. coastal fortifications

Fort Trumbull (Third System reconstruction) → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. seacoast fortifications

Fort Pike → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. seacoast defenses

Fort Pike → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States post–War of 1812 seacoast defense system

Fort Massachusetts (Ship Island) → era → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. coastal fortifications

Fort Point (Galveston, planned/partial) → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. seacoast defenses

Endicott Period coast defenses → follows → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of US seacoast fortifications

Second System of US seacoast defense → followedBy → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

United States seacoast defense systems → precededBy → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of US seacoast fortifications

Fort McRee → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. seacoast defenses

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

this entity surface form: Third System of US coastal fortifications

Fort Caswell → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of US seacoast fortifications

Fort Macon → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of U.S. seacoast defenses

Castle Pinckney → partOf → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third System of US coastal defenses

Fort San Carlos de Barrancas site → associatedWith → Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Third System coastal defenses