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A bailey or ward in a fortification is a leveled courtyard, typically enclosed by a curtain wall.In particular, a medieval type of European castle is known as a motte-and-bailey.
The fort was renamed Fort Independence during a ceremony attended by President John Adams in 1799. The following year, the fortification and the island were turned over to the United States government. [13] The fort was rebuilt and expanded in 1800-1803 under the first system of US fortifications, as designed by military engineer Jean Foncin.
The Fort Pitt Block House (sometimes called Bouquet's Blockhouse [6] or Bouquet's Redoubt [7]) is a historic building in Point State Park in the city of Pittsburgh.It was constructed in 1764 as a redoubt of Fort Pitt, making it the oldest extant structure in Western Pennsylvania, [8] as well as the "oldest authenticated structure west of the Allegheny Mountains".
Royal Engineers construct a Bailey bridge in Italy, September 1943. Wood planks are being laid over the stringers to construct the roadbed. The success of the Bailey bridge was due to the simplicity of the fabrication and assembly of its modular components, combined with the ability to erect and deploy sections with a minimum of assistance from heavy equipment.
On 28 July 2022, it was sold to developers for £1.38 million, with plans to turn it into 26 homes - 22 in the former gun emplacements and 4 larger ones in the barrack block. [ 17 ] It is a Grade II* Listed Building and on the Buildings at Risk Register , [ 18 ] but is currently in extremely poor condition due to a lack of maintenance and ...
An 1868 plan of Fort I of the ring fortress at Magdeburg, typical of mid-19th century polygonal forts. A polygonal fort is a type of fortification originating in France in the late 18th century and fully developed in Germany in the first half of the 19th century.
While mostly used for offensive purposes, the first recorded use of a cannon in Europe was to defend the city of Algeciras during the siege of 1343-44. [2] However slow to load, cannons proved to be devastating weapons that could level a city's walls or destroy siege engines with only a single projectile.