Fort Adams

Named after President John Adams and the largest Coastal Fortification in the United States, Fort Adams was built between 1824 and 1857, it was designed to mound 468 cannons and house 2400 troops, but the most it ever housed was 1900. The Fort was built to protect the entrance of Narragansett Bay, and was successful having never been attacked by land or sea!

Plugging ears on the way to Fort Adams.

Entrance to Fort Adams.

Very,Very small cell.

We're innocent!! We promise!

The parade, which is so big that it alone can fit three other Forts of its time inside of it, and they still had to mow the grass!

Officers quarters from the outside.

Officers quarters were distributed according to rank and size of family.

The stairway up to the rooftop walk way on the north wall.

The front of the North wall.

On top of Fort Adams.

cannons were stationed on 3 levels of the ocean facing walls, the cannon systems rotated around a half circle for aiming.

The interior of the East wall, still needs to be restored.

Looking across the parade at the East wall.

West wall ruins.

A tunnel through one of the walls with shooting slits to pick off on coming attackers.

The outside of the South wall after passing through the above tunnel.

In between one of the three Bunker type walls.

If enemy forces had made a land attack and made it past the first levels of defenses making to this courtyard area, they would then be shot at from nearly all sides as they were trapped between the wall of the Fort and the bunkers.

Listening Tunnels were used to listen for enemy forces who may be mining to launch an attack from underground. They would have heard the enemy trying to tunnel underneath them because of the sound echoing off the rock. They would then try to dig down to the enemy and send explosives down their tunnel. These tunnels are very narrow and low, because of this I decided to stay outside with Keira. While were we waiting for our group, we saw several Helicopters. I kept asking her "Can you say Helicopter?" After a couple of times of asking her this she finally said "HELLO-copter".

One of the ports where they would be stationed at to listen for the enemy.

East wall of Fort Adams.

Looking out on Narragansett Bay.

Lighthouse on the Narragansett Bay.

Outside of Fort Adams.