Cambridge Battery at Point Pleasant Park

Earlier in the spring it was reported that crews were cutting back some of the brush at Cambridge Battery at Point Pleasant Park. This work was deemed necessary to prevent trees from falling on and doing damage to the fortifications at Cambridge Battery and nearby Fort Ogilvie.

This was my first trip through the US Civil War era battery since March 2007.

1. By the end of the 1860s the battery was fully manned complete with living accommodations.


2. All entrances are sealed, some more recently than others.


3. Much of Cambridge Battery is below ground and inaccessible.


4. Clearing of trees completed February 2010.


5. Sealed entrance to the battery.


6. Cambridge Battery's guns were capable of defending both the harbour entrance as well as the Northwest Arm.


7. Mount for a 12 or 18-ton gun.



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Link: Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, NS