Fort Carroll (site)

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Civil War–era fortification coastal defense fort historic site

Fort Carroll (site) is a historic Civil War–era defensive fortification that formed part of the ring of fort defenses protecting Washington, D.C.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fort Carroll (Civil War fort) 1
Fort Carroll (site) canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Civil War–era fortification ⓘ
coastal defense fort ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
category Coastal fortifications in the United States ⓘ
Forts in Maryland ⓘ
Military history of Maryland ⓘ
controlledBy United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentUse bird habitat ⓘ
unoccupied ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
Civil War era ⓘ
hasAccess by boat only ⓘ
hasCondition abandoned ⓘ
ruinous ⓘ
hasConstructionMaterial brick ⓘ
masonry ⓘ
stone ⓘ
hasFeature bastion-style layout ⓘ
casemated gun emplacements ⓘ
enlisted barracks ⓘ
magazines ⓘ
officers’ quarters ⓘ
parade ground ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic site ⓘ
locatedIn Maryland ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Patapsco River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInOrNear Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn artificial island ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Carroll of Carrollton NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyCity Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor hexagonal artificial island platform ⓘ
role in Civil War–era harbor defenses ⓘ
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
partOf United States coastal defense system ⓘ
ring of fort defenses protecting Washington, D.C. ⓘ
protectsApproachTo Port of Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
significance example of mid-19th-century American coastal fortification ⓘ
part of defenses for approach to Washington, D.C. via Chesapeake Bay and Patapsco River ⓘ
usedDuringConflict American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor coastal defense ⓘ
harbor defense ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Civil War Defenses of Washington → hasPart → Fort Carroll (site) ⓘ
Shepherd Parkway → contains → Fort Carroll (site) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Carroll (Civil War fort)