Farragut damned the torpedos and apparently disregarded the Fort.

You are looking across the entrance to Mobile Bay from the top of a wall enclosing Fort Morgan. The vessels that plowed these waters included European as well as American warships, commercial shipping, and the odd pirate looking for commercial shipping.

As a barrier to unwanted vessels there were forts constructed. The last of these was Fort Morgan, a contemporary of Fort Pickens shown in a previous post.

The arched casements and even a battery of "hidden" guns (late 19th century) dominate the fort's interior as is the case at Fort Pickens.

Fort Morgan is a State of Alabama park and apparently does not have the resources to do the things the National Park Service can, such as display a wide range of artillery. Below is a 32 pound gun on a Barbette carriage. I do not remember an example of this at Fort Pickens.

Also there is a 155mm gun of World War One vintage. Two of these were installed in World War Two and apparently were the last active artillery at the fort.

If military instillations don't provide enough of a lesson in human silliness than the photo below shows one of many rigs that decorate the Bay. I have to believe that the number of these marvels foretells another environmental disaster. What is the next plateau above obscenely rich?

This Heron seemed to hint that he would be happy if people would go away.