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Fort Point

Fort Point
National Historic Site
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Fort Point — a National Historic Site — stands beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco Bay views from the base of Fort Point are spectacular.

If you're adventurous and can climb the stairs to the top of the fort (4 levels up), the views are even better.

1853-1861
Fort Point was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prevent entry of hostile fleets into San Francisco Bay.

1933-1937
The fort was used as a base of operations during construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.

World War II
Fort Point was occupied by about 100 soldiers who manned searchlights and rapid-fire cannons mounted atop the fort.

October 19, 1970
Fort Point became a National Historic Site.

Fort Point Hollywood Trivia
Movies that have been produced using the Fort Point area as a backdrop include:
Dark Passage (1947)
It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955)
Vertigo (1958)
Point Blank (1967)
Petulia (1968)
High Anxiety (1977)
Foul Play (1978)
Die Laughing (1980)
No Small Affair (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
The Presidio (1988)
Shattered (1991)
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1992)
Murder in the First (1994)
Nine Months (1995)
When a Man Loves a Woman (1996)
Bicentennial Man (1999)
Woman on Top (1999)
...and the list goes on...

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