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<\/a>The Fort<\/p><\/div>\n
It was originally named Kastrup Battery, but at a time the name was changed to the Kastrup Fort.
\nThe fort is part of the middle (second) line of the sea defense.<\/p>\n
The fort’s task was to secure the southern entrance to Copenhagen through the waters Kongedybet and Holl\u00e6nderdybet between the Saltholm island and the Middelgrund Fort.<\/p>\n
The fort had open emplacements for the artillery.
\nThe cannons were mounted on each side of two large traverses.\u00a0 These traverses had magazines in casemates.
\nBetween the two middle guns there was a smaller traverse without casemate building.
\nThe magazine walls consisted of 1.5 meters of concrete covered by approx. 30 meters of soil. According to the conditions of the time, they were considered safe.
\nThe ammunition was transported to the cannons on small wagons through 4 long tunnels,\u00a0 two from each
\nmagazine.<\/p>\n
There was no accomodation for the crew, only tents on the terreplein.<\/p>\n
The fort is surrounded by a wet moat, 30-50 meters wide and approx. 3 meters deep. In the moat a number of caponiers were placed . They were armed with mitrailleuses or later machine guns.<\/p>\n