Military
This casemate, a chamber with openings for cannons, could house two 32-pounders designed to sink wooden warships. In live fire exercises, gun crews drilled here amid booming cannon fire, thick smoke, the smell of burnt powder, and shouted commands. Similar casemates in the west wall later contained 10-inch Rodman cannons that fired projectiles weighing over 100 pounds.
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