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VR Movie: Fort Jefferson

Fort Jefferson is located on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas, about 70 miles west of Key West. It was named in honor of our third president. Fort Jefferson was the largest coastal fort built in the nineteenth century. Begun in 1846, construction continued for 30 years.

Credit: Panorama movie produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology from original photographs.

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