FORT CLINCH - Amelia Island, Florida
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. Never fully completed, the fort still served as a military post during the Civil War, Spanish-American War and World War II.
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Fort Clinch - Exterior
Southeast Curtain Wall & Sally Port Entrance.
Southeast Curtain Wall & Sally Port Entrance.
East Bastion looking into the Parade Grounds.
East Bastion looking into the Parade Grounds and St. Mary's River in the background.
Southwest Bastion looking into the Parade Grounds.
Plaque outside the Welcome Center commemorating the Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1420 for their construction work on Fort Clinch.
Statue outside the Welcome Center commemorating the Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1420 for their construction work on Fort Clinch.
View of Fort Clinch as you exit the museum and walk the path leading up to the Sally Port entrance.
Entrance to the fort has a drawbridge mechanism for raising and lowering the walkway.
Long walk through the Sally Port into Fort Clinch.
Sally Port Entrance into the Parade Grounds.
Enlisted Men's Barracks.
Canon and caisson ammunition wagon on the Parade Grounds.
Parade Grounds and Storehouse/Dispensary.
Parade Grounds with Kitchens/Laundry in background.
Unfinished Officer's Quarters with Storehouse/Dispensary in background.
Storehouse/Dispensary.
Laundry Station.
Period re-enactor outside the Guard Rooms.
East Bastion Ramp with two 10-inch Smoothbore Cannon mounted on top of the terreplein.
Walkway next to interior side of Curtain Wall.
Southwest Bastion with 10-inch Smoothbore Cannon on the terreplein and Storehouse/Dispensary on the parade grounds.
Backside of the Enlisted Men's Barracks.
Steep steps with no handrails that lead down from the terreplein to the bastion entrance.
10-inch Smoothbore Cannon mounted on the terreplein.
North Bastion looking inward towards the Enlisted Men's Barracks.
Looking towards East Bastion and ramp with Kitchen/Laundry below.
10-inch Smoothbore Cannon mounted on terreplein.
10-inch Smoothbore Cannon mounted on terreplein.
10-inch Smoothbore Cannon.
10-inch Smoothbore Cannon.
10-inch Smoothbore Cannon.
10-inch Smoothbore Cannon.
10-inch Smoothbore Cannon.
10-inch Smoothbore Cannon.
Remains of a Beacon Tower and Oil House with information markers located on the road into Fort Clinch.
Footers are all that remain of the Beacon Tower that stood at this location on the road to Fort Clinch. In the background stands the Oil House where the Sperm Whale oil was kept to power the light.
Fort Clinch - Interiors
Fort Clinch Museum houses many artifacts found in and around the fort.
More artifacts found in and around Fort Clinch.
Interior of Forth Clinch Museum with Gatling Gun in foreground.
Kitchen with fireplace.
Kitchen
Kitchen
No Spitting In The Kitchen
Latrine in the Kitchens/Laundry building.
Quartermaster's Office in Storehouse/Dispensary.
Storehouse/Dispensary
Storehouse/Dispensary
Storehouse/Dispensary
Storehouse/Dispensary
Powder Magazine
Slit Window in North Bastion looking out into the St. Mary's River.
North Bastion interior.
Slit Window in North Bastion looking down the Curtain Wall.
Walking through the Bastion Galleries back to the Parade Grounds.
Enlisted Men's Barracks.
Enlisted Men's Barracks.
Enlisted Men's Barracks.
Enlisted Men's Barracks.
Enlisted Men's Barracks
Enlisted Men's Barracks with Gun Rack.
Enlisted Men's Barracks.
Enlisted Men's Barracks
Guardroom sleeping quarters.
Guardroom sleeping quarters.
Guardroom sleeping quarters.
Prison sleeping quarters.
Prison cell.
Prison Cell with shackles in floor.