Pics of Dry Tortugas National Park

Dry Tortugas National Park - location of Fort Jefferson



Storage rooms for the black powder. Another storage unit is opposite the field.



Fort Jefferson was used as a deterent around the time of the Spanish-American war.



Very large cannon. Weight is approximately 9800lbs. Position on the top of a 3-story, 45 foot wall.



Plant found inside the walls of the fort.



This was the second lighthouse erected. It's survived at least one hurricane.



24 inch smooth bore cannon. Could fire a 300lb projectile 3 miles. Most advanced cannon of it's time, circa 1845.



The thin stretch of sand was deposited by a hurricane.



The dark water is a channel that ships from the 1800's would use to sail between this island
and the far island. It's approximately 30 feet deep on either side of the sand bar.








My dad knealing on the moat wall.



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