Inside the gun room at Fort Dennison, the Martello Tower located in Sydney harbour.
This was the last Martello Tower ever built in the British Empire. Fortification of Pinchgut island began in 1841 but was not completed. Construction resumed in 1855 because of fear of a Russian naval attack during the Crimean War, and was completed on 14 November 1857. The guns were built in during construction of the 6.7 m thick walls of the fort, and cannot be removed.
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