INDEX NUMBER BASTION FOUR MAGAZINE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HISTORIC BASTION A 3 BASTION FOUR HOT SHOT 1 MAGAZINE FURNACE HABS NO. FL-44 HABS NO. FL-44-E SHEET OF SHEETS BUILDINGS SURVEY HISTORIC AMERICAN Documentation of the Bastion 4 Magazine was undertaken by the Historic American CURTAIN As initially designed by Chief Engineer of the U.S. Army General Joseph MAGAZINE, Buildings Survey (HABS), Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) of the National FRONT FOUR Totten, Fort Jefferson was to have independent free-standing powder HABS NO. FL-44 magazines on the Parade Ground, with small, readily accessible magazines Park Service (Catherine C. Lavoie, Chief, HABS; Richard O'Connor, Chief, HDP) in FL-44 Winter 2016. The project was undertaken by HABS in cooperation with Dry Tortugas SURVEY NO. occupying two casemates of each long curtain wall and in each tower bastion. LARGE DETACHED National Park (Glenn Simpson, Park Manager; Kelly Clark, Cultural Resources MAGAZINE The bastions, located to each corner of the fort, project outward to allow HABS NO. FL-44-C defensive fire in many directions. The bastions also contain a granite spiral Specialist) and Lord Aeck Sargent (Rob Yallop, Senior Associate; Kelly Gawinek, OFFICERS' Project Architect. The HABS documentation of the Fort Jefferson Parade Ground QUARTERS stairway providing access to all three tiers of the fort. Totten's plans for the HABS NO. FL-44-A SOLDIERS' Structures was funded with a grant from the HTR Foundation. Field recording and BARRACKS fort were approved by the Secretary of War on November 16, 1846. However, HABS NO. FL-44-B COMMANDING measured drawings were completed by Paul Davidson and Daniel De Sousa, HABS OFFICER'S the final plans for the Large and Small magazines that were to serve as the QUARTERS TORTUGAS Architects. The large-format photography was undertaken by Todd Croteau, HAER HABS NO. FL-44-G main and secondary powder storage facilities were not developed until 1861, HARBOR LIGHT Architect. HABS NO. FL-44-F and their construction not begun until 1865. In fact, when Superintending Engineer, Montgomery C. Meigs arrived in November 1860 he reported that not a single gun could be found. By January of the following year, SMALL DETACHED however, the first guns had arrived. This occurred shortly after Florida MAGAZINE HABS NO. FL-44-D announced its secession from the Union and only months before the outbreak of the Civil War. Thus, through out the Civil A War, when Fort Jefferson served as a coastal blockade LOCATION MAP for Union naval forces and a military prison, the FORT JEFFERSON curtain and tower bastion magazines provided NO SCALE the only viable powder storage. Despite armament upgrades in 1872-73, ad- 37'-10 1/2" -vancements in weaponry made Fort Jefferson obsolete, and the military abandoned it in 1876. FORT JEFFERSON, BASTION 4 MAGAZINE 9'-10" MAGAZINE IF REPRODUCED, PLEASE CREDIT THE HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, NAME OF DELINEATOR, DATE OF DRAWING 16'-6" × 14'-4 1/2" DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK KEY WEST MONROE COUNTY FLORIDA 38'-7" 12'-4" 38'-5 1/2" FIRST FLOOR PLAN UP 1/4"=1'-0" 1:48 8'-3 1/2" 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 FEET 1/4"=1'-0" 0 1 2 3 4 5 4'-0" NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR METERS 1:48 4'-0" A DRAWN BY: DANIEL DE SOUSA FORT JEFFERSON DOCUMENTATION PROJECT, 2016 INDEX NUMBER LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 3 2 SHEET OF SHEETS BUILDINGS SURVEY HISTORIC AMERICAN A FL-44 SURVEY NO. 9'-10 1/2" MAGAZINE 15'-4 3/4" × 13'-3" 38'-7" 12'-3 1/2" 38'-6" UP FORT JEFFERSON, BASTION 4 MAGAZINE IF REPRODUCED, PLEASE CREDIT THE HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, NAME OF DELINEATOR, DATE OF DRAWING 8'-3" DN 4'-1" DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK KEY WEST MONROE COUNTY FLORIDA 4'-0" A 37'-10 1/2" 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 SECOND FLOOR PLAN 0 1 2 3 4 5 1/4"=1'-0" 1:48 FEET 1/4"=1'-0" METERS 1:48 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DRAWN BY: DANIEL DE SOUSA FORT JEFFERSON DOCUMENTATION PROJECT, 2016 INDEX NUMBER LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TERREPLEIN LANDING 3 3 SHEET OF SHEETS 8'-10 3/8" BUILDINGS SURVEY HISTORIC AMERICAN UNDERSIDE OF WOOD VAULT LANDING FL-44 SURVEY NO. 10'-6 3/4" 10'-0 1/8" SECOND FLOOR SECOND FLOOR UNDERSIDE OF BRICK VAULT 1'-5 5/8" 12'-6" 11'-11 7/8" FIRST FLOOR TOP OF BRICK JOISTS SECTION A-A 1/4"=1'-0" 1:48 TERREPLEIN TERREPLEIN UNDERSIDE OF 3'-3" OUTER ARCH 2'-1" UNDERSIDE OF INNER ARCH FORT JEFFERSON, BASTION 4 MAGAZINE IF REPRODUCED, PLEASE CREDIT THE HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, NAME OF DELINEATOR, DATE OF DRAWING 18'-8" 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 13'-5 3/4" FEET 1/4"=1'-0" DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK KEY WEST MONROE COUNTY FLORIDA 0 1 2 3 4 5 31'-1 1/4" UPPER TIER METERS 1:48 1'-5 1/2" UPPER TIER UNDERSIDE OF ARCH 12'-5 1/4" 10'-10" GRADE GRADE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SOUTH ELEVATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1/4"=1'-0" 1:48 DRAWN BY: DANIEL DE SOUSA FORT JEFFERSON DOCUMENTATION PROJECT, 2016.