Tower at Proctor's Landing

 fortification, historic landmark, American Civil War 1861-1865

Construction of the Tower at Proctor's Landing began in 1856 under the direction of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. Beauregard gained notoriety by firing the first shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina beginning the United States Civil War. Due to his association with the fort it is also known locally as Fort Beauregard or Fort Proctor.
The Tower at Proctor's Landing was built on the south shore of Lake Bourne near Yscloskey in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana about 30 miles from New Orleans. It was originally built one hundred and fifty feet inland but is now completely surrounded by water due to erosion. It was intended to be a rectangular two story brick structure but was not completed at the time of the surrender of Confederate New Orleans in April 1862 and therefore never saw any action.
As of 1851, it was intended to be armed with twelve 32-pounder seacoast guns, three 18-pounder guns, three 12-pounder guns, eight flank howitzers and eleven 8" heavy seacoast howizters, for a total of 37 guns.
The only access to the fort is by boat from Yscloskey or Hopedale. The third image above is a post Katrina flood survey. The Tower at Proctor's Landing is the small square within a square.