#0062 Fort Rosecrans

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#0062 Fort Rosecrans

Site information:

End of Rosecrans St, Point Loma, San Diego

Only military personnel are allowed on base, although there are certain events that allow limited civilian access.

Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.

32.683615,-117.236763

Plaque information:

State plaque

Plaque text:

Fort Rosecrans

President Millard Fillmore's executive order of 1852 created a U.S. Preserve on Point Loma. From 1870 to 1873 the coast artillery corpsmen evicted whalers from the site in order to begin the military installation. In 1899 it was named for William S. Rosecrans, Civil War general and California congressman. Major fortifications were constructed in 1891-1903 and 1941-1943. Transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1957, it became a submarine support facility.

First registered December 6, 1932. Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Navy and Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus, March 21, 1993

Registered 12/6/1932

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