Battery Allen
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Big Betsy, Fort Canby, Cape Disappointment, Long Beach Peninsula, WA
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These granite blocks are from the gun platform of Fort Canby's 15-inch Rodman cannon. Nicknamed Big Betsy, this gun was the largest of the fort's muzzle loading cannons. During the Civil War, the big, smoothbore gun sat behind earth mounds just west of the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse. To aim the gun the barrel pivoted on the center pin, while the back turned on an outer track. Because the blast would rattle the lighthouse windows, Big Betsy was seldom fired from this position. In 1906 the Rodman was scrapped, and the granite blocks were dumped into the brush behind the battery.
Prairie, Cape Disappointment, Long Beach Peninsula, WA
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Peeking at through her binoculars.
Interpretive Center
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View from Cape Disappointment
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, Long Beach Peninsula, WA
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Cape Disappointment, Long Beach Peninsula, WA
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