Fort Fremont
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Fort Fremont
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A canopy of bending trees surround some concrete military installation of what once was Fort Fremont on Saint Helena Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina.
The fort and battery is historically significant as an example of late nineteenth and early twentieth century military architecture and as one of two surviving coastal fortifications in the United States intact from the Spanish–American War era. It was decomissioned in 1921.
Fort Fremont was built by the Corps of Engineers on condemned private property, with construction starting in 1899. The Corps of Engineers hired labor from the Beaufort area to build the military complex.
The fort was named after John C. Fremont, the first presidential candidate of the Republican Party in 1856. Later, Fremont was a Civil War general.
The complex at Fort Fremont consisted of almost 170 acres of land with numerous outbuildings, including an Administration building, guard house, barracks, hospital, stable, mess hall, bakery, commissary, post exchange, lavatory, and water tower. The garrison's single artillery company operated three 10-inch disappearing guns and two 4.7-inch rapid fire guns. Much of the bastions and the concrete emplacements for the guns remain today.
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January 24th, 2015
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Comments (19)
Rene Triay FineArt Photos
Excellent angle. Love the way how the tree branches forms a tunnel effect.
William Dunigan
Really nice canopy, I like that you were able to get so much detail on all of those gnarled, arching branches!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Jurgen Lorenzen
Nader, thank you very much for the feature in the group BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY!
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Mystery group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the 2023 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).
Sharon W
A wonderful b&w capture dear Jurgen, with such excellent info! It's so beautiful with the way the trees are.
Calvin Boyer
In addition to the banner, I am adding this more permanent recognition of its FEATURE on the homepage of A TREE OR TREES IN BLACK AND WHITE. I try mightily to feature only images that would be at home in a juried competition. No doubt that this image fits that bill. CONGRATULATIONS! And consider adding your image to DISCUSSIONS "Please post your featured photograph here" for greater, long-lasting visibility.
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