File:Fort Independence, Castle Island, South Boston.jpg

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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 70000921.

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<a href="http://www.nine3.com/MDC/history.html" target="_blank">Fort Independence</a>, Castle Island, South Boston. Quickly appreciated for its strategic location for the protection of Boston from sea attack, the first fortification on Castle Island was an earthwork and three cannon ordered in 1634 by Governor Dudley of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

After the evacuating British destroyed the island's fortifications 1776, the fort was repaired by troops under the command of Lt. Paul Revere.
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Author Paul Keleher from Mass, US
Object location42° 20′ 17″ N, 71° 00′ 42″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Paul Keleher at https://www.flickr.com/photos/57253263@N00/30278057. It was reviewed on 12 October 2007 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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