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Summary
Description Bermuda wv.jpg |
English:
Residential suburb near the old
St. George's Garrison
, with
"Town Cut Battery"
or
"Gate's Fort"
in the foreground (with
Cut Road
behind it), on the northern side of the
Town Cut
shipping channel, and
St. George's Town
and
harbour
in the background, with
Fort George
on the peak of
Mount Hill
beyond, and a small ship is visible docked at
Ordnance Island
, off the town square]].
The Town Cut had been a minor channel, suitable only for small vessels to enter or exit the harbour, until dredged before the
First World War
. Before then, larger vessels had used the St. George's Channel between
Paget Island
and
Governor's Island
, which was watched over by
Fort Paget
(on Paget Island) and
Smith's Fort
(on Governor's Island). In the 19th Century,
Fort Cunningham
was erected on Paget Island, making all three of the earlier batteries redundant.
Alexandra Battery
(at
Building Bay
on St. George's Island, immediately to the north of Cut Battery) and
St. David's Battery
on
St. David's Island
were later added (there were also three other forts armed with
coastal artillery
batteries to the North-West of Building Bay:
Fort St. Catherine's
at St. Catherine's Point, and
Fort Victoria
and
Fort Albert
on Retreat Hill, to its rear). St. George's Town and the various forts and related military installations at the East End of Bermuda are together a
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's
(UNESCO)
World Heritage Site
, the
Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
.
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Date | 24 August 2006 (original upload date) |
Source | Own work |
Author | (WT-en) Legrospaumé at English Wikivoyage |
Camera location | 32° 22′ 44.66″ N, 64° 39′ 44.88″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 32.379072; -64.662467 |
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References
- ↑ Bermuda Forts 1612–1957 , Dr. Edward C. Harris, The Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, The Bermuda Maritime Museum, P.O. Box MA 133, Mangrove Bay, Bermuda MA BX, ISBN 0-921560-11-7
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Centre: Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
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