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Fort Charlotte (Nassau)

Coordinates: 25°04′40″N 77°21′31″W / 25.07778°N 77.35861°W / 25.07778; -77.35861
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Fort Charlotte
Part of Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau, The Bahamas
Fort Charlotte, Nassau, The Bahamas
Site information
Open to
the public
Year Round
Site history
Built1789
Built byJohn Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
In use1789-??
Materialslimestone

Fort Charlotte is a British-colonial era fort built on a hill overlooking the harbor of Nassau, the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. The fort sits a short walk west of downtown Nassau and the cruise ship terminal. The fort was constructed in the late 18th century by British colonial governor Lord Dunmore after the end of the American Revolutionary war. The fort has never been used in battle.[1] It is one of several English forts that are still standing in Nassau. These forts were to be used as battle stations, to attack the invading Spaniards.

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  1. ^ "Fort Charlotte Nassau Bahamas". Bahamas Go. Retrieved 2010-02-26.

25°04′40″N 77°21′31″W / 25.07778°N 77.35861°W / 25.07778; -77.35861