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Bateria de San Antonio, San Carlos & Hovey Roads, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

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Bateria de San Antonio, San Carlos & Hovey Roads, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

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Summary

Significance: This semicircular masonry fortification was designed and built as a shore battery in conjunction with Castillo de San Carlos as part of the late eighteenth century Spanish defense system of the entrance channel to Pensacola Bay from the Gulf of Mexico.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15
Survey number: HABS FL-144
Building/structure dates: 1798 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 18t3

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Location

Pensacola Beach30.42131, -87.21691
Google Map of 30.42130899999999, -87.2169149
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