Fort Wooster (New Haven, Connecticut)

USA / Connecticut / East Haven / New Haven, Connecticut
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As of 1820, Fort Wooster was an oval earthen redoubt on a height commanding 168 ft, at 2000 yards distance, over Fort Hale. Its circuit measured on the interior crest of the breastworks was 122 yards, its longer axis was 44 and its smaller 22 yards, measured on the inside. The breastwork is 15 feet thick and the entry was covered by a redan. The interior contained a powder magazine covered with a bombproof shed of beams.

This earthwork was planned to be moderinzed as part of the Third System of fortifications mounting 12 guns.
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Coordinates:   41°16'55"N   72°53'32"W
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