Nelson's Dockyard

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Nelson's Dockyard

The British Royal Navy's repair facility
during the Georgian period

 

large wheel used to pull the 1770's sailing vessels on their sides
to remove barnacles from their hulls

Saint John's (city, Antigua and Barbuda), also Saint Johns, city, Antigua and Barbuda, northwestern Antigua island, on an inlet of the Caribbean Sea. It is capital of the island state and a center for the export of sugar, rum, and Sea Island cotton and for the production of handicrafts, fiber products, pottery, and textiles.

 

the boat house and sail loft

 

 

pillars of the sail loft

The city also is a tourist center. Points of interest include the Court House (1747), the remains of Fort James (1703), Saint John's Anglican Cathedral (1834), and picturesque houses and alleys. Settled in 1632 by English colonists from Saint Kitts, Saint John's grew after 1663 when more colonists arrived from England.

 

Officers quarters

 

Admiral's house

 

sawpit

 

 

the cooper shed

 

 

 

It was the West Indies headquarters of the Royal Navy in the 18th century; Coolidge Field, east of the city, was used by the United States during World War II (1939-1945). In 1981 Saint John's became the capital of the newly independent state of Antigua and Barbuda. Population (1990 estimate) 23,000.

Text from Microsoft Encarta
 

one of the buildings is used as the Admiral's Inn

 

 

now the hotel

 

outside can purchase T shirts

 

the harbor as it looks today

 

fort constructed to protect the dockyard harbor

 

the harbor as seen from the fort

 

the view to sea and the other islands

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