Picture this space in action as gun crews drilled in live fire exercises – the booming noise of cannon, the thick smoke, the smell of burnt powder, and the shouting of commands.

This casemate, a chamber with openings for cannons, could house two 32-pounders, which were designed to sink wooden warships. Similar casemates in the west wall later contained 10-inch Rodman cannons that fired projectiles weighing over 100 pounds.

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Artillery at Fort Adams

Cannon              Weight of Tube       Range          Shot

24-Pounder              5500 lbs.             1.1 miles       24 lbs.

32-Pounder              7479 lbs.             1.1 miles       32 lbs.

10-inch Rodman       15,050 lbs.          2.5 miles       125 lbs.

15-inch Rodman       50,000 lbs.          2.5 miles       315 lbs.

Marker can be reached from Fort Adams Drive, on the left when traveling north.

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