Image: Fort York's Gibraltar Point Blockhouse
Description: This 30 x 35 ft building consisted of a first-floor barrack for 30 people and an open second-floor gun platform. The chimney structure seems to indicate that it could produce hot shot. The gun was located on a traversing platform to maximize its field of fire. The walls exposed to naval bombardment were constructed with a double layer of logs filled with tightly-packed earth or rubble. 1995 drawing by Kevin Hebib based on 'Blockhouse - Gibraltar Point,' 1813 National Archives of Canada, NMC-5431; and 'No 37. Plan of the blockhouses at Gibraltar Point' 1823 Toronto Historical Board copy of NAC plan
Title: Fort York's Gibraltar Point Blockhouse
Credit: http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17655/22305
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Permission: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This Canadian work is in the public domain in Canada because its copyright has expired due to one of the following: 1. it was subject to Crown copyright and was first published more than 50 years ago, or it was not subject to Crown copyright, and 2. it is a photograph that was created prior to January 1, 1949, or 3. the creator died more than 50 years ago. العربيَّة | čeština | Deutsch | English | español | suomi | français | italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | македонски | മലയാളം | Nederlands | português | português do Brasil | sicilianu | +/−
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