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(3-2007) New
Visitor Center under construction at Fort Clinch, Amelia Island, Florida
The current visitor center was built during the Great Depression by the
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
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(3-2007)
Reconstructed Officer's Kitchens/Laundry at Fort Clinch |
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(3-2007) " A facility like
Fort Clinch, masonry and stone, contained a two wall system, brick and
earth. Begun in 1847, Fort Clinch progressed slowly. By 1860, only two
bastions and one third of the brick wall was completed. the ramparts were
in place, the guardhouse and prison finished. The lumber sheds,
storehouse, and kitchens were in various stages of completion. Not a
single cannon had been placed in position"
Per the interpreter on site the lower bricks were made in Georgia. When
Union troops took control of the unfinished fort, they imported bricks
from the North to complete the walls and unfinished buildings. Due to
being a deepwater area, the Federals made this a base for raids into the
interior. In the 1930's the CCC brought additional bricks and recently the
State of Florida has also brought bricks to make repairs so there is quite
a collection of brick colors |
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(3-2007) From the brochure
at Fort Clinch State Park
"In 1842 the United States government purchased a tract of land on the
northern end of Amelia Island, at the Florida-Georgia border
A military instillation was to be built on the property to guard the mouth
of the St. Mary's River, protect coastal and interior shipping, and defend
the deepwater port of Fernandina, Florida
Construction began in 1847 on Fort Clinch, named in honor of General
Duncan Lamont Clinch, a respected officer who fought bravely in the Second
Seminole War" |
