Clyde The Ride Visits Presidio Fire

[shatto]

Tough Duty Station. Presidio Fire Department.


Delivering 6 large oxygen bottles.


Playing Fire Truck.


She uses the O2.


Fire Fighters.


The part not normally seen.


Fort Point. Defender of the entrance, the largest brick fort.


The Rock.


Why we no longer use cannon.

[GasSavers_TomO]

Originally Posted by shatto

Why we no longer use cannon.

Looks like someone plugged the end while trying to fire it!?!?

[FrugalFloyd]

Fort Jefferson, Florida is the largest brick fort in the western hemisphere, not Fort Point.

[shatto]

Guess I misunderstood.

http://www.nps.gov/fopo/historyculture/index.htm
Fort Point has stood guard at the narrows of the Golden Gate for nearly 150 years. It 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.”