A few people who read my Egmont Key post emailed me about the guns on Fort DeSoto (above). They wanted to see what they looked like. Ft. DeSoto is just a short drive from  my house, so on one of our trips to the beach there I shot some flics.

This is one of the six inch guns. They were originally over on Egmont Key but when they built the causeway out to Fort DeSoto they moved them there. They were uncared for out on Egmont and just rusting away. Ft DeSoto has had a lot better care than Egmont so it just made sense. Too bad they didn’t keep the 8 ” guns.

This is one of the 12 inch mortars. They could fire a 1,000 lb. explosive shell up to six miles. There were originally eight of these in Fort DeSoto, but 4 were shipped out to California in the 20’s. There are more examples on my website http://www.fishbourne.shutterfly.com  Enjoy.