The Standard guide to StAugustine and Fort MarionPractical information for tourists, descriptions of all points of interests; and an historical summary . e Parade (plaza). The present wall was built by the United States, as a comple-ment to the repairs of Fort Marion, 1835-42, at an expense of$100,000. Length, 3^ mile; height, 10 feet; width of granitecoping, 3 feet. At different points stairways descend to the boat landings at waterlevel; and near the Plaza and Barracks are recesses or basins whereboats unload their freight and find shelter from storms. These basinsare gradually filling up, a
The Standard guide to StAugustine and Fort MarionPractical information for tourists, descriptions of all points of interests; and an historical summary . e Parade (plaza). The present wall was built by the United States, as a comple-ment to the repairs of Fort Marion, 1835-42, at an expense of$100,000. Length, 3^ mile; height, 10 feet; width of granitecoping, 3 feet. At different points stairways descend to the boat landings at waterlevel; and near the Plaza and Barracks are recesses or basins whereboats unload their freight and find shelter from storms. These basinsare gradually filling up, and it is not improbable that they will shortlybe done away with, to the advantage of the street upon which theyintrench. From the seawall a charming prospect is afforded of the sail-dottedharbor, the shining sand dunes of the North Beach, the green stretchof Anastasia with the lighthouse rising against the eastern sky, andthe quivering mirage of the horizon north and sjuth. The wallitself harmonizes admirably with the Fort, of which it seems naturallyto be a part, and its sweeping curves add not a little to the beautyof St. Augustines water ST. FRANXIS BARRACKS.
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