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GREENWOOD-039 Front
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- c. 1960 (Creation)
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- Two boys examing a pedestal gun at Fort Casey, on Whidbey Island. The fort was activated in 1901. It was one of three harbor defenses collectively known as the "Triangle of Fire" which were built to protect Puget Sound and its shipyards. Advances in air power and long-range weaponry on battleships rendered the battery emplacements at these forts obsolete almost as soon as they were built. Fort Casey was used primarily as a troup training facility from WWI until its de-activation in 1953. It is now a marine camping park maintained by the State of Wshington.
- Printed on front: Fort Casey State Park Many cannon such as this formed the armament of several forts which guarded the entrance to Puget Sound.