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Hopefully, the above link will work, but it answers some of the questions I had about the historical layout of Fort Pitt. Once at this link, I think the map will be in the upper left corner of your screen. Because of the large file size I could not attach the map to the forum. But the large file size allows you to easily read the detail found in this map. There are a number of differences between this map and the standard "english" maps we often see.
If it doesn't link, google fort duquese then click images and not web tab and looked for the peerlessrockville link, not the "geo" link which is a much poorer scan.
(1) The Magazine is not in the outside ravelins as depicted in the standard "english" maps. The French Map shows the Magazine inside the fort proper. This "french" location makes much more sense to me. Having those magazines on located in the ravelins on the "english" maps always seemed more than a tad odd to me.
(2) The storehouse and magazine locations are switched when comparing the standard English to this "french" map. One of the "english" magazines in the ravelins is a barracks on the french map.
(3) Adjacent to the rivers, the walls are not earthfilled but wooden palisades. This is the same on both the french and english versions. However, on the french map, the palisade walls are clearly shown as being two logs thick. Larger logs on the outside face with a smaller log on the interior face fitting inside the saddle of the larger outer logs.
(4) The "french" map depicts the location of the Hospital, the Surgeon, the Interpreter.
(5) Great detail concerning cannon placement. But I do not see a ramp to allow the cannons to be moved up to the earth filled bastions. I guess they could use block and tackle to save the interior space in such a small fort.
(6) In Fed Anderson's' Crucible of War the fort dimension is only 160 feet on a side - tip of bastion to tip of bastion.
Hopefully, the above link will work, but it answers some of the questions I had about the historical layout of Fort Pitt. Once at this link, I think the map will be in the upper left corner of your screen. Because of the large file size I could not attach the map to the forum. But the large file size allows you to easily read the detail found in this map. There are a number of differences between this map and the standard "english" maps we often see.
If it doesn't link, google fort duquese then click images and not web tab and looked for the peerlessrockville link, not the "geo" link which is a much poorer scan.
(1) The Magazine is not in the outside ravelins as depicted in the standard "english" maps. The French Map shows the Magazine inside the fort proper. This "french" location makes much more sense to me. Having those magazines on located in the ravelins on the "english" maps always seemed more than a tad odd to me.
(2) The storehouse and magazine locations are switched when comparing the standard English to this "french" map. One of the "english" magazines in the ravelins is a barracks on the french map.
(3) Adjacent to the rivers, the walls are not earthfilled but wooden palisades. This is the same on both the french and english versions. However, on the french map, the palisade walls are clearly shown as being two logs thick. Larger logs on the outside face with a smaller log on the interior face fitting inside the saddle of the larger outer logs.
(4) The "french" map depicts the location of the Hospital, the Surgeon, the Interpreter.
(5) Great detail concerning cannon placement. But I do not see a ramp to allow the cannons to be moved up to the earth filled bastions. I guess they could use block and tackle to save the interior space in such a small fort.
(6) In Fed Anderson's' Crucible of War the fort dimension is only 160 feet on a side - tip of bastion to tip of bastion.