Fort Pike by bmac62
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After the War of 1812 with Great Britain, the USA constructed a series of brick forts to guard all of its major sea ports on the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf of Mexico. Fort Pike was completed in 1828.
This is a view of one corner of the old fort that guards "The Rigolets" near New Orleans. The fort suffered severe damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as well as Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. The storm surges went right over the top of the fort. After being closed for 2 1/2 years of clean-up and repair it is open to the public once again.
Comments (22)
MagikUnicorn
Cool POV, we have a lots of this in QUEBEC :)
beachzz
"Over the top" -- wow, that's amazing. Kinda like the "high water" signs that are along the highway here from the '64 flood. Those signs are 20' above the roadway and the roadway is at least 100' above the river. Water can be nasty!!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Super shot buddy. I like the POV you chose Bill!
durleybeachbum
A remarkable juxtaposition with the raised road!
durleybeachbum
I wonder if Harry will think this is the Thames?!
jayfar
There is a lot in this pic Bill, super POV.
SunriseGirl
What a great photo and info. thanks for sharing.
auntietk
I love this shot! It's a wonderful representation of what the fort looks like from the outside. (I know that's obvious, but there are other views you could have chosen that had a lot fewer elements.) This shows the surroundings with the bridge, the moat, the way the land rises, and the way the fort walls tilt. I love it that you've got a wide expanse of intact wall and also one of those cracks that are everywhere and are so amazingly similar. (The architectural plan just hasn't held up as well as it might have over the past couple of centuries!) Great composition, too. Nicely done!
Faemike55
cool capture Bill interesting history lesson
helanker
What a beautiful shot and ..kind of.. simplicity. Love the brick walls and that window.
jendellas
The new & the old, great pic. x
kenmo
What an outstanding photo....
T.Rex
Really nice shot showing several of Vaubans fortification innovations from the previous century. I like the mirroring in the water. It gives another grasp of the slope of the wall. As for ater going over the top, it's not all that high. I wonder if the inside filled with water so it gushed out through the cannon ports! Thanks for the post! Good work! :-)
ichtvan
Great capture !!!
MrsRatbag
I like the "moat" against the bricks, and the way the wall is cracked; it's sobering to be in that area and realize how low the land actually is, and how much humans are at the mercy of the water. Probably not a place that should have been developed at all, but who knew back then, eh? Wonderful capture!
RodS
Looks like the old fort has bested all it's assailants over the years. This is a great capture, Bill! Love the reflections.
jocko500
never been there. guess I go one day lol
debbielove
Britain can indeed relate to the floods now, ours having just gone down.. Amazing the damage Hurricane force winds cause.. Fine shot Bill, thanks for info mate! Rob
anahata.c
A most creative and wholly fresh take on a massive and even oppressive sight; it's not oppressive in your hands, because you've let the mass of the wall just jut out into space, gotten the richest colors to be so clear for us (the back half of the fort-wall, in the shot), you've balanced it out with sharp water-reflections---a kind of 'glass' to counteract all that stone---and included the sky and the highway (or walkway) back there, whose thinness is in fine contrast to the mass of the wall. All fine visual thinking, Bill: You went for the contrasts and the music, and you captured them. The 'star' of the image is the back part of that fort-wall, and its beautiful reflection, with very fine detail on the hues and textures. A really fine example of thinking outside the box. Really fine work. Kudos!
Richardphotos
very interesting history and capture.I missed it while in Orleans
FredNunes
Nifty image, Bill!
Buffalo1
I wasn't even aware of this fort. Definitely on my "to do list" next time I'm in Louisiana.