This now defunct fort was a proving
ground used by
the US Army for many years (post-civil war to 1919,
when
the facility was moved to Maryland) and was later the
site of a Nike missle
defense installation. Proving Ground is
a term for a
military installation or reservation where weapons or other military
technology
are experimented or
tested,or where military tacticsare tested. It
is one of the very few stations that are still intact. Almost all of
the
fort's gun batteries are off limits to the public due to their
hazardous
condition.
A controversial proposal was recently
accepted to allow adaptive re-use of some of the buildings in
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