Battery East

View from Battery East.

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Big brick forts full of cannons, like Fort Point, became obsolete during the US Civil War as rifled cannons could knock them down. As a result, work began on several new gun positions behind earthen berms on the coastal bluffs above Fort Point. By 1873, the first emplacement, East Battery, was completed and armed with twelve 15-inch Rodman cannons. West Battery was also constructed along the bluffs overlooking the Pacific as part of this phase of coastal defenses.