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I visited St Augustine this week and went on a trolley tour around the town with my family (highly recommended). The guides mentioned Coquina and there's actual
by danjc 7y ago
I visited St Augustine this week and went on a trolley tour around the town with my family (highly recommended). The guides mentioned Coquina and there's actually a place where you can see a rusted cannon ball embedded in a wall of Coquina, pretty unique material that was easy to quarry from nearby.
- coldcode 7y agoYeah fun visit except in Florida summer. That stone is amazing stuff.
- danjc 7y agoYeah I'm from South Africa and thought I knew heat but this week had been insane! Another fun fact - because the material absorbs shock so well, the Spanish were able to dig undamaged cannon balls out of the wall. They'd etch messages on them and fire them back at the English!
- swasheck 7y agoi grew up in orlando and had multiple "field trips" to st. augustine. this cannonball fact was one of the more celebrated and (and funny) facts that they'd share with us. as we got older, our attention went from "cool fort" to "cool cannons" to "dont want to go to prison" to "excellent and resourceful engineering." unfortunately, as with so many other things, i didnt (or couldnt) fully appreciate it at that age