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 C-13
  
Location: Mandeville LA
Gender: Male
"Be always sure you're right, then go ahead."
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< on 4/12/2010 2:34 PM >
|  | | | We met up with Mynameisash_lee and her group and we went to an old fort way out on the lake. Very pretty place with a lot of history. It is not open to the public because of structural problems, but while we were there we saw little to suggest that is would be unsafe, aside for some huge cracks that run along the ceiling of about half the fort. We went on a beautiful day, which didn't stop the mosquitoes, and explored every inch of the place. Everything was still in great shape. You could see the parts that flooded often, but it was mostly dry there. We really enjoyed the location and hope to go back, maybe at night, which I bet makes the place even more fun.
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“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”
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SilentSearch
    
Location: Cowtown
Gender: Male
My rebellion against the santa cursor! HoHoHo
| | Re: Southern Fort
<Reply # 1 on 4/12/2010 4:22 PM >
| | | | Excellent pix. Can you relate any of it's history?
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C-13
Location: Mandeville LA
Gender: Male
"Be always sure you're right, then go ahead."
| | | Re: Southern Fort
<Reply # 2 on 4/12/2010 6:00 PM >
| | | | a 19th century fortress in Louisiana, on the western shore of Chef Menteur Pass.
The fort is adjacent to the Venetian Isles community, now legally within the city limits of New Orleans, Louisiana, although some miles distant from the city when first built and still a considerable distance from the main developed portion of the city.
Chef Menteur Pass is a water route from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Pontchartrain and the lakeshore of New Orleans. (The other route is the Rigolets; both straits connect Pontchartrain to the Gulf via Lake Borgne.) An earlier fort at the site was called Fort Chef Menteur. The current brick fort was built in 1822, and renamed "Fort Wood" in 1827, with its current name being given in 1851.
The fort was occupied by a Confederate States of America garrison starting on 28 January 1861 early in the American Civil War, and retaken by the Union the following year.
In 1867 the barracks caught fire, after which the fort was largely abandoned. It was decommissioned in 1871.
The fort and its land are now owned by the State of Louisiana. While some efforts were made to open it to limited tourism in the late 20th century, the decaying condition of the fort was judged too hazardous for public visits. The similar but better preserved Fort Pike some 10 miles (16 km) away at the Rigolets has been the regional example of a coastal fort open to visitors.
A portion of the fort's old moat has been turned into a canal as part of a small marina. Unfortunately, the wakes from incoming and outgoing boats is wearing away the outer wall of the fort and accelerating the structural damage.
“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”
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C-13
Location: Mandeville LA
Gender: Male
"Be always sure you're right, then go ahead."
| | | Re: Southern Fort
<Reply # 3 on 4/12/2010 6:05 PM >
| | | | Interesting note...
I found some photos of the location from 2006 and there has been some extensive work done on the property. It has been cleaned and rumble removed, and the area's greenery has been trimmed. It looked like it was cut days before we got there, in this area grass and weeds grow extremely fast. We found bricks stacked neatly in some of the rooms, and the floors were neat as well. Makes me wonder if they are going to open it for the public. Time may be running out to have a private tour.
“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”
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theshortestsim
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Female
make exploring great again
| | Re: Southern Fort
<Reply # 4 on 4/13/2010 1:46 AM >
| | | | Me's turn:
Most of mine are duplicates of yours. Where was that hole in the ceiling? Above the kitchen?
Adventure is out there. |
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C-13
Location: Mandeville LA
Gender: Male
"Be always sure you're right, then go ahead."
| | | Re: Southern Fort
<Reply # 5 on 4/13/2010 5:17 AM >
| | | | Posted by mynameisash_lee
Most of mine are duplicates of yours. Where was that hole in the ceiling? Above the kitchen?
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Yes. Nice shots. Can't be duplicates if you took them at the same time.
“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Southern Fort
<Reply # 6 on 4/16/2010 2:13 AM >
| | | | Cool place!
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NJJackson
Location: New Orleans, LA
Gender: Male
la folie raisonnante
| | Re: Southern Fort
<Reply # 7 on 4/17/2010 1:15 AM >
| | | | Looks beautiful!
Going to try to check this place out before the weather gets too unbearable
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altaria
Location: Austin, TX
Gender: Female
| | Re: Southern Fort
<Reply # 8 on 4/17/2010 4:38 PM >
| | | | Oooh that place looks awesome! It's neat how all the stalactites have started forming in the tunnels.
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