Front:
St. Augustine, Fla. Main Entrance For Marion, Moat and Bridge.
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THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME., U.S.A.26419
QUALITY
FORT MARION.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. MAIN ENTRANCE,
Walls 21 feet high, with moat and
outworks. Bastions on the corners, heavy casemates, dungeons
and subterranean passages. Finished 1756, a curious relic of
the Spanish occupancy of Florida. Built of coquina from
Anastasia Island, a substance of shelly conglomerate of coral
origin, easily quarried but becomes of extreme hardness on
long exposure to the air.
1,50
and Island Possessions
Cuba, Canada and
For Foreign.
