National Digital Library

Help
|
English

English

Espanol

中国 Chinese, Simplified

Search

Advanced Search

Find results with:

Add another field

Search by date

to

Searching collections:

Images

Add or remove collections

Home Egmont Key North Battery

Reference URL

Share

Rate

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Egmont Key North Battery

View Description

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Print

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Back to top

Powered by CONTENTdm®

Select the collections to add or remove from your search

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Select All Collections

A

D

I

M

V

OK

Cancel

Rating
Title	Egmont Key North Battery
Creator	Ramos, Keith
Description	The Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, was established in 1974 and protects a diverse community of animals and plants, many of which are either threatened or endangered. This island refuge was once the site of the former United States Army Fort Dade Military Reservation, and abundant reminders of this unique military past can be found scattered throughout the island today. Silent gun batteries testify to a time when mighty battleships reigned supreme on the world's oceans, and a brick carriage road meanders across the island recalling the days when mules and horses carried military personnel and their dependents on sunny picnics to the beaches. Today, gulls, least terns and other birds perch on the now silent batteries, while Gopher Tortoises, box turtles and an occasional tourist traverse the old carriage roads. Egmont key, an island that once quaked under the sound of massive coastal cannon fire, now resides quietly amid the sounds of wildlife as, once more, nature has taken over this little slice of Florida paradise
FWS Resource Links	http://www.fws.gov/egmontkey/
Subject	Buildings, facilities and structures Wildlife refuges
Location	Florida
FWS Site	EGMONT KEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Item ID	Egmont Key North Battery_Panorama.jpg
Source	NCTC Image Library
Rights	Public Domain
File Size	2558884 Bytes
Height	1870
Width	4782
Color Space	RGB
Original Format	Image
Full Resolution File Size	2558884 Bytes
Full resolution	Volume177/Egmont Key North Battery_Panorama.jpg http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume177/Egmont Key North Battery_Panorama.jpg
Date created	2010-12-29
Date modified	2011-02-01