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</gallery>The fort officially closed in 1948 and all wooden structures were removed including the Wooden Mine Station behind Battery Chapin. The Navy used the fort for a little bit in the 1950s who removed the earth berm on Battery Chapin (Scrapped in 1945). The fort became a park and all the batteries and other structures were closed. In the 1980s the magazines of Battery Bohlen were filled to make the gun loading platforms level with the ground. The first floor of the Double Mine tower was converted to a bathroom. The concrete pillar from the wooden Mine Observation Station remains behind Battery Chapin. All post buildings were destroyed after the war and no guns remain. Located at Fort Foster State Park. Admission is charged at the front gate. | </gallery>The fort officially closed in 1948 and all wooden structures were removed including the Wooden Mine Station behind Battery Chapin. The Navy used the fort for a little bit in the 1950s who removed the earth berm on Battery Chapin (Scrapped in 1945). The fort became a park and all the batteries and other structures were closed. In the 1980s the magazines of Battery Bohlen were filled to make the gun loading platforms level with the ground. The first floor of the Double Mine tower was converted to a bathroom. The concrete pillar from the wooden Mine Observation Station remains behind Battery Chapin. All post buildings were destroyed after the war and no guns remain. Located at Fort Foster State Park. Admission is charged at the front gate. | ||