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  • Fort Point has been called "the pride of the Pacific," "the Gibraltar of the West Coast," and "one of the most perfect models of masonry in America."
  • Fort Point, a National Historic Site since 1970, protected San Francisco harbor from Confederate & foreign attack during & after the U.S. Civil War.
  • Try to find parking at East Beach, the eastern end of the Crissy Field. Failing that, you may find parking in the Marina or along the route toward Fort Point.
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  • Military officials soon recommended a series of fortifications to secure San Francisco Bay. Coastal defenses were built at Alcatraz Island, Fort Mason, and Fort Point.
  • Although Fort Point never saw action during wartime, for security reasons, San Francisco officials decided to keep the fort for emergency purposes.
  • Fort Point also a military post that never needed to defend itself. Throughout the Civil War, artillerymen at Fort Point stood guard for an enemy that never came.
  • Thomas Pownall established Fort Pownall in 1759, Fort Point State Park occupies a long peninsula with panoramic views of the Penobscot River and Penobscot Bay.
  • O Fort Point It is a fort, whose construction began in 1853, which is right under the Golden Gate Bridge, which was built long after the fort (1933).