Fort Washington Powder Magazine

Beneath this building lies the powder magazine of Fort Washington, the major military outpost of the United States in the Northwest Territory from 1789 to 1808. Uncovered in October 1952 during excavation for footers, it is the only significant, identifiable evidence of the fort that has been found. The magazine was a five-sided structure made of hand-hewn timbers and planking and was approximately 25 feet deep. It stored ammunition for the expeditions of the Indian Wars from 1790 to 1795, campaigns that broke Indian resistance and opened the Northwest Territory to peaceful American settlement.

Cincinnati, Ohio · United States