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== Design == Fort Pickens was part of the [[Seacoast defense in the United States#Third System|Third System of Fortifications]], meant to enhance the old earthworks and simple, obsolete designs of the [[Seacoast defense in the United States#Early defenses|First and Second System of Fortifications]]. Fort Pickens was of a Pentagonal design, with broader western walls to provide a wide range of fire over the bay. The fort had a [[counterscarp]] to the east side exclusively, to create a defensive moat in the event that a land invasion came from the west. The westernmost Bastions were also equipped with mine chambers, to be detonated in a last-ditch-effort to save the fort from invaders.
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