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Bermuda was transferred to the colonial government in 1957. Forts Victoria and Albert were included in property leased to a succession of hotel operators (Holiday Inn, Loew's, and Club Med), which were permitted to damage the structures to create recreational areas for guests, including
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Islands, which are at the East End of the archipelago of Bermuda. For this reason, the bulk of the nearly a hundred forts and gun batteries built in Bermuda between 1612 and 1939 are located on the eastern coasts of these two islands, and on Paget Island and the
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enabling the still-neutral United States to aid the
British war effort by relieving it of the effort of defending British territory and sea lanes in the western North Atlantic. Several military and naval bases were built on Bermuda, and Fort Victoria became the home of some
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As a result of their historical significance, with fortifications spanning the full four centuries of
English settlement in the New World, the forts at the East End of Bermuda, together with St. George's Town (or the Town of St. George), have been made a UNESCO
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and other strategic assets in
Bermuda. The only channel through the reefline surrounding the archipelago that is suitable for large vessels passes the North-East ends of
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demolishing the keep of Fort
Victoria. The hotel building itself, after years of sitting vacant, was removed by explosives in 2008, which badly damaged Fort Victoria.
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in The Keep, the largest fort in
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base, serving the various coastal artillery detachments in the East End forts and batteries.
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Regiment (Railway 8-inch gun). Another pair of these guns was at Scaur Hill Fort. Four
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Fort Victoria was originally armed with eighteen 32 pounder
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