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NH 1635 Marine barracks, Naval Base Pensacola, Florida, 15 August 1888.

Marine barracks, Naval Base Pensacola, Florida, 15 August 1888.
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Title: Marine barracks, Naval Base Pensacola, Florida, 15 August 1888.
Caption: Parade grounds and quarters nos. 1 and 2, built in 1886-1887. These buildings are each 54 feet long, 25 feet wide, 30 feet high to ridge and entirely surrounded by galleries 10 feet wide, the total length being 476 feet. Air space of 4 feet under floor was left open to prevailing winds. The small frame house to the right is the scale house for weighing coal and is outside the marine enclosure.
Description: Collection of Henry Clay Cochrane, Captain, United States Marine Corps.
Catalog #: NH 1635
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Wed, Aug 15, 1888
After this Year: 1880
Before this Year: 1889
Original Medium: BW Photo
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