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U.S. Marine Hospital


Completed in 1849, this three-story building treated
sailors until abandoned after the 1858 Belle Crevasse.
During the War Between the States, gunpowder was
manufactured at the site and arson was suspected
when the building exploded on December 18. 1861

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