Fort Pike
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Fort Pike
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Fort Pike is a decommissioned 19th-century United States fort, named after Brigadier General Zebulon Montgomery Pike. It was built following the War of 1812 to guard the Rigolets pass in Louisiana, a strait from the Gulf of Mexico, via Lake Borgne, to Lake Pontchartrain bordering New Orleans. It was located near the community of Petite Coquille, now within the city limits of New Orleans. The fort's remains were long a tourist attraction, but it was damaged by the Hurricane Katrina storm surge in 2005, and closed for a period. It also had to be closed following Hurricanes Gustav and Isaac in 2008 and 2012, respectively.
The fort was permanently closed to the public in February 2015 due to state budget cuts.
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January 24th, 2015
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Greta Foose
Love the textures and the way you have made the arches just continue on and on throughout this wonderful image.
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