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	THE BLOCKHOUSE - Historical Sign
		On these heights have been erected block houses...within supporting distance of each other, and near enough for the interchange of grape shot; all of them to mount heavy cannon on their terrace.” Although soldiers were certainly stationed at the Blockhouse and surrounding fortifications, there was not any military action in the area.
		According to recent studies of the Blockhouse, there was formerly a heavy timber floor which supported a heavy cannon.
		When the team of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and architect Calvert Vaux designed this area, the Blockhouse was treated as a picturesque ruin with vines covering portions of the walls, and landscaped with alpine plants and evergreens.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=7713 (506 words)

	Blockhouse -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Most blockhouses were roughly square in (A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished) plan, but some of the more elaborate ones were (A six-sided polygon) hexagonal or (An eight-sided polygon) octagonal, to provide better all-around fire.
		In some cases, blockhouses became the basis for complete forts, by building a (Fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground) palisade with the blockhouse at one corner, and possibly a second tower at the opposite corner.
		Some blockhouses like those constructed in England in 1940 were built for traditional fortification reasons, they were often hexagonal in shape and were called (A small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete)) pillboxes.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bl/blockhouse.htm (445 words)

	AllRefer.com - blockhouse (Military Affairs (nonnaval)) - Encyclopedia
		The typical blockhouse was of two stories, with an overhanging second story and loopholes on all sides for gunfire.
		In the North American colonies, blockhouses were used in frontier communities as protection against Native American attacks; they were built of timber or stone (in New England) or of logs banked with earth (in the South and West).
		The principal use of blockhouses in present-day military fortification is in defending isolated units against small-arms fire.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/blockhou.html (264 words)

	Cold War Leftovers - The Space Race
		The slotted areas seen near the top of the outer portions of the blockhouse held large mirrors (the one on the left is still in place) that acted as giant periscopes to allow members of the launch team to see outside while remaining safely behind a thick wall of concrete.
		Most of these blockhouses have long since been stripped of their consoles and equipment and are now used solely as storage facilities.
		Blockhouse 34's twin periscopes hang quietly amid a second floor that was once filled with rows of consoles and instrumentation racks.
	www.duotone.com /coldwar/spacerace (1015 words)

	History of Missouri and Illinois Territority 1808-1815
		Built in the summer of 1813, Fort Independence was erected by the Missouri Rangers under the advisement of the inhabitants of Fort Howard, to observe the Indian movements on the Mississippi river.
		Blockhouses were built on all corners except the southeast corner.
		FRANCIS JORDON BLOCKHOUSE - Built in the Jordan (Jourdan) settlement in 1810 by Thomas and Francis Jordan, with the assistance of the militia from the U.S. Saline, on the road to the salt works and the town of Equality, in the eastern part of Franklin County, eight or nine miles east from old Frankfort.
	usregular0.tripod.com /warof1812/id3.html (3707 words)

	The Point: Organizations: The Block House: Sesquicentennial
		The builders of the blockhouse and their neighbors engaged in no business beyond the paltry trading with the Indians and there were no industries aside from the smithies at the fort.
		The blockhouse is a relic of the days of Pontiac's insurrection and was built in the year 1764 by Col. Henry Bouquet to serve as a greater protection to the garrison at Fort Pitt, which was in constant danger of attack by hostile Indians.
		The blockhouse stands in the center of the downtown warehouse district, where surrounded by railroad terminals it is the shrine of thousands of pilgrims who annually visit this colonial landmark.
	www.clpgh.org /exhibit/neighborhoods/point/point_n73.html (754 words)

	Blockhouses of the Boer War
		The popular image of a blockhouse of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) is that of a circular metal construction entangled by wire fortifications sitting forlornly in the middle of the veldt.
		Blockhouse sentries, especially at night, were understandably nervous and tended to shoot at any sound.
		The blockhouse was part of a successful strategy that eventually brought the 'bittereinder' Boers to the negotiating table.
	www.magweb.com /sample/scol/scc11blc.htm (1194 words)

	CWFF Dictionary Of Fortification: Dictionary: Blockhouse
		Blockhouses had to be constructed from material capable of sustaining and absorbing multiple bullet impacts on their walls and roofs and put together in a manner designed to maintain their structural integrity under stress of severe lateral shocks.
		Most single level blockhouses were given roofs composed of 12 by 12 logs rabbited at the ends to fit down snugly onto the cap-sills or topmost horizontal logs of opposite walls.
		Blockhouses allowed Federal authorities to maintain hundreds of small garrisons to watch over isolated, but important, points along hundreds of miles of railroad tracks that could not have been (at least early in the war) easily or quickly rebuilt.
	civilwarfortifications.com /dictionary/xgb-017.html (1300 words)

	Darien and McIntosh County History
		The present blockhouse and surrounding palisades, earthworks and moat are almost an exact duplicate of the Fort as it was in 1721 when Barnwell built it.
		The blockhouse, typical of other frontier fortifications in use in colonial America, dominated the fort and offered expansive views of the inland waterways.
		Fort King George's blockhouse had three floors: the first two floors to serve as repository for ammunition and stores and to provide firing positions for musket-bearing soldiers as well as naval carriage-type cannon; and a third floor for musket defense and observation purposes.
	www.darientel.net /~aatrain/history.html (3592 words)

	Encyclopedia: Blockhouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A blockhouse at Fort York in 2004 Fort York is an historic site of military fortifications and related buildings on the west side of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
		Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar.
		Embrasures along the fortifications of Morro Castle, San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico The term embrasure, in architecture, refers to the opening in a crenellation or battlement between the two raised solid portions or merlons, sometimes called a crenelle; also to the splay of a window.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Blockhouse (1280 words)

	White Sands Missile Range
		It was built of reinforced concrete, its firing control room had walls 10 feet thick, and a roof 27 feet thick at its apex capable of withstanding the impact of a large rocket, such as a V-2, falling from an altitude of 100 miles at a speed of 2,000 miles per hour.
		Another addition to the blockhouse in 1947 was a small room attached to the west wall of the firing control room.
		While the blockhouse was being built, a 100-foot tall launch tower for the WAC Corporal rocket was erected north of the blockhouse and directly east of what was to be the first launch pad for the V-2 in 1946.
	www.wsmr.army.mil /pao/FactSheets/lc33.htm (1174 words)

	George Bleem Associates - Blockhouse: Warranty Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Blockhouse Furniture Company, Inc., warrants the specific component of its products indentified below against defects in material and workmanship incurred in normal institutional use for the period specified from the date of purchase.
		Blockhouse will pay freight charges provided that the replacement or return has previously been authorized by the company.
		In no event shall Blockhouse be liable for consequential damages.
	www.bleem-associates.com /blm_blkhs_warranty.html (324 words)

	GHRS - Prescott/Russel - Reports
		Some staff had reported a "freaky feeling" in the blockhouse and the odd "weird event" occurred (things being moved or shuffled about seemingly on their own volition,) but not too long ago, a visiting re-enactor/interpreter was alone on the second floor of the blockhouse when the old soldier made his presence known.
		According to three separate sources, the soldier came out of a corner that is the normal location for some brooms and introduced himself as Terrence Anderson (the spelling of this name could be VERY wrong,) and informed the interpreter of his rank and regiment and of the fact he was from the conflict of 1812.
		The fort is easily the "cutest" fort in Ontario consisting of the normal palisades, the three story blockhouse, the officers quarters (approximately 1/8th the size of the officer's quarters at Fort George or York,) and the "privy".
	www.torontoghosts.org /prescott/fortwellington1.htm (1973 words)

	[No title]
		Once construction on the Blockhouse is complete, excess funds will be used to begin Phase II of the project to construct an exhibit building which will be constructed near the Blockhouse replica.
		The original Blockhouse was constructed by Captain John Anderson sometime prior to 1778 and it served as the last frontier station at the trail head of the Wilderness Trail.
		The Blockhouse was designed to be easily defended from Indian attacks and it was the only structure of its type in Scott County.
	www.house.gov /boucher/docs/blockhouse.htm (791 words)

	Blockhouse dig reveals potential
		Her crew of professional archaeologists had been working for a few hours yesterday morning, sifting dirt taken from inside the Fort Pitt Blockhouse, when one of them handed her a small brown shard.
		At the blockhouse, she volunteered her six-person team for a day to continue the work begun a few weeks ago by California University of Pennsylvania anthropology professor John Nass and his students.
		While there is likely to be a cache of artifacts under the blockhouse, Nass said yesterday he doesn't think an extended dig would find much more related to the fort.
	www.post-gazette.com /localnews/20030403blockhousereg3p4.asp (587 words)

	Sitka NHP: Administrative History (Chapter 4)
		Passing students observed the burning pile of debris on the beach, interpreted the octagonal framework rising above the pile to be remnants of a helicopter, and alerted the Sitka fire department.
		The upshot of the coincidence was that a large segment of Sitka's population, the fire department, and a photographer for the local newspaper arrived for the end of the replica blockhouse which had been erected through community efforts in the 1920s.
		Known as the Blockhouse C reconstruction, the replica was built in downtown Sitka in the old Russian cemetery between Kogwonton and Marine streets.
	www.nps.gov /sitk/adhi/adhi4o.htm (675 words)

	Axis Turn 35
		Once the blockhouse is in my hands Wiesenhofer’s Pz IV loses much of its importance and I intend to attempt to utilize it to destroy the immobilized Sherman.
		One thing I’d like to draw attention to is the fact that both platoons of infantry ran out of the back of the blockhouse about 20 seconds into the turn while the bazooka team was left there for the entire turn.
		His redeployment is a mistake but he will realize that soon and probably redeployed his MGs in the apartment complex to make up for the loss of those two platoons of infantry which he previously had ALSO had firing at my southern assault force.
	www.combatmission.com /battle/Turn35x/axisturn35.asp (941 words)

	blockhouse on Encyclopedia.com
		Rocket marked on blockhouse for sucessful firing of rocket.
		Aeration towers for underground blockhouse and command center for atomic rocket launches.
		Arrows are on top of former blockhouse used by Hitler in World War II.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b1/blockhou.asp (561 words)

	Blockhouses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		When lord Kitchener saw that the blockhouse lines also impeded Boer movements to some extent, he decided to extend them and to thus carve up South Africa into blocks where the commandoes could be contained.
		This particular blockhouse is a reconstructed one and forms the private museum of Dough McMaster of Ladysmith.
		This blockhouse was built in a horseshoe shape and is open at the rear.
	www.abw.netfirms.com /blockhouses1.htm (692 words)

	History of the Rideau Lockstations - Newboro Lockstation
		It is a small blockhouse, 24 feet (7.3 m) on a side, designed for 20 men, consisting of a masonry base, with a framed wooden upper storey.
		It is possible that during the rebellion crisis of 1837-38 members of the second regiment of Leeds Militia may have stayed in the blockhouse.
		By 1856 the blockhouse was serving exclusively as the lockmaster's house.
	www.rideau-info.com /canal/history/locks/h36-newboro.html (1935 words)

	History of the Rideau Lockstations - Narrows Lockstations
		It is a small blockhouse, designed for 20 men, consisting of a masonry base, with a framed wooden upper storey.
		The frame addition was torn down, the land around the blockhouse raised to the level of the dam, and a door cut in the masonry wall of the lower storey to provide access to public washrooms that had been installed.
		Note the blockhouse at center left of photo, and the waste weir (yellow warning sign) on the right side of the photo.
	www.rideau-info.com /canal/history/locks/h35-narrows.html (1227 words)

	Friends Of Fort Edgecomb Kick Off Fund-Raiser
		The structure, built between 1808 and 1809, is the best preserved blockhouse of its kind in the country, according to the Friends of Fort Edgecomb.
		The founder and president of the Friends of Fort Edgecomb, Fred Maitland, was on hand at the fort this past weekend at the last encampment of the season.
		Anyone interested in participating in the project and the history of the fort is asked to stop by the site and sign a new shingle to be placed on the blockhouse in return for a donation toward the project.
	wiscassetnewspaper.maine.com /2001-09-06/fort_edgecomb.html (320 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The blockhouse is constructed of 18" reinforced concrete sides and roof in the control area and 6" reinforced concrete structuring in the anteroom area.
		Personnel in the Blockhouse are protected by 18' concrete walls and overhead protection which consists of 5/8' steel plates covered by 18" of concrete.
		The blockhouse is configured with communication equipment, a telephone system and a launch communication net to the mainland.
	www.nawcwpns.navy.mil /~pacrange/RANGEWEB/sectio10/sect10a.html (1159 words)

	Clyde Blockhouse - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		There is a reconstruction of the wooden blockhouse on the South side of NYS Route 31, a little East of its junction with NYS Route 414.
		Is a replica of the Blockhouse which existed near this site in the 18th century.
		The Blockhouse is believed to have burned prior to 1805.
	www.dmna.state.ny.us /forts/fortsA_D/clydeBlockhouse.htm (1074 words)

	National Park Service: Man in Space (Resource Description)
		The V-2 gantry crane and Army blockhouse represent the first generation of rocket testing facilities that led to the exploration of space and the first manned landing on the surface of the moon.
		The west pad at SLC-10 is one of the best surviving examples of a launch complex built in the 1950s, and the electronic equipment in the blockhouse is one of the best examples of working electronics used to support space launches during this era.
		The blockhouse is empty, and many of the support facilities are in poor condition.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky3/space2c.htm (1790 words)

	Pennsylvania Forts: page 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The current blockhouse structure is a reproduction (1958), used as the visitor center/museum, which features a scale model of the fort.
		A rectangular stockade with four blockhouses surrounding a gristmill (1740).
		A wooden blockhouse on a stone foundation used for protection against Indian raids.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/pasocentral.html (1672 words)

	German Battle Report: Turn 36
		He has neglected to put anyone at all onto the top floor of the blockhouse, hell, he’s even withdrawn the infantry from the bottom floor of the blockhouse.
		You can appreciate, from this angle, how only the blockhouse is in a position to bring fire to bear on this section of road for the vast majority of its length.
		The main road leading to the blockhouse is ONLY capable of being observed for the vast majority of its length from the top floor of the blockhouse.
	www.combatmission.com /battle/ax36.asp (950 words)

	The Pathfinder or The Inland Sea - Chapter XXII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Arrowhead himself had sent her to warn Mabel of the coming danger, though he was ignorant that she had stolen upon the island in the rear of the assailants, and was now intrenched in the citadel along with the object of their joint care.
		On the contrary, he supposed, as his wife had said, that Cap and Muir were in the blockhouse with Mabel, and that the attempt to repel him and his companions had been made by the men.
		Mabel felt some distrust as they descended the ladder; but at the next instant she was ashamed of the feeling, as unjust to her companion and unworthy of herself, and by the time they both stood on the ground her confidence was restored.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/adventure/ThePathfinder/chap31.html (2546 words)

	Pittsburgh City Paper - ONLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The museum is built next to a reconstructed wall of the fort and has a modernist 1960s-public-works sort of design that resembles the mouth of the Squirrel Hill tunnel.
		Because both the facilities are undergoing renovations, the Fort Pitt Blockhouse is ostensibly closed to the public (although it will be open during upcoming living-history weekends), as is the second-floor exhibit space.
		The Blockhouse -- also known as a “redoubt” -- was erected in 1764 under Col. Henry Bouquet to add another layer of defense to Fort Pitt, making it the oldest building in Western Pennsylvania today.
	www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws /prev/summer03/sg_6.html (645 words)

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