Here's the Map.
After getting off the train, I went up to AT&T Park and turned right towards the wharves. There was an interesting ship that I saw when I went to the airshow with John.
It was a different view of San Francisco.
And looking on Google Maps the ship looks like two, side by side, some sort of roll-on, roll-off freighter.
I then rode around to Fort Point, which I think is one of the most original name that I've ever heard.
You can imagine the conversation...
"We're going to build a fort on the point."
"What are we going to call it?"
"Errr... errr... Fort Point !"
The original plans for the Golden Gate bridge called for the Fort to be destroyed. The final plans had an extra arch to preserve the Fort.
Inside was just as impressive, three levels of cannons.
And there was a lighthouse built on top too. It was decommissioned when the bridge was built and blocked the light.
Inside the fort was setup as it was when it was operational. This is the officers mess.
The soldiers didn't eat very well.
There were also some signs about the lighthouse.
The stairs in the towers were very cool.
The soldiers bunks.
The gun mount on top of the fort looked awesome. They were spaced about 5 metres apart and there were a couple of dozen cannon mount on the top level.
The view was great too.
Closeup of the lighthouse.
It was a awesome view of the structure of the arch over the fort.
The Marin headlands.
A photo through one of the windows over the cannon port.
The bottom level of cannons were used to skip the cannonballs across the water to hit the ships just above the waterline.
Another photo through a cannon port.
One room in the fort was used to fill the bags with gunpowder for the cannons.
Just a couple of barrels.
The progression of armament.
A model of the Spanish fort that was here before the American one. The cliff was originally 27 metres high.
One of the big cannons.
I then rode up to the Golden Gate and went across and back. Probably my favourite photo from the day.
More tomorrow.
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