FORT MARLBOROUGH: GRANDIOSE GARRISON OF BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY Part II

By Mr. Mahandis Yoanata

THE ARCHITECTURE OF FORT MARLBOROUGH
Fortification is a defensive military work constructed for the purpose of strengthening a position

Facade of Tenaile: Entrance Port of Fort Marlborough

Inside: Entrance Port of Fort Marlborough
See the Welsh Vault above, a compound vault having a central vault intersected by vault of lower pitch (underpitch vault)

The Prison Chamber

Ventilation in Prison Chamber

Vertical Pivoting Door in Prison Chamber

A Passage into Casemate
Casemate is a vault or chamber in a rampart, having embrasures for artillery.

Inside the Casemate Tunnel (Artillery Stockroom)
(North-west Bastion)

Entrance of Military Barrack

Inside of Military Barrack

Tile: “Stoom-Pannen | Fabriek van Echt | P2 11/2 | 1884”

Moat and Bridge of Fort Malborough (1926)
Source: Tropenmuseum

A View from Demilune (1930)
Source: KITLV

Moat and Bridge of Fort Malborough (2009)

A View from Demilune (2009)

Content:

• Part I : On Mission at link
• Part II : The Architecture of Fort Marlborough at link
• Part III : Who is first Duke of Marlborough at link
  
• Part IV : The history East India Company (EIC) and first fleet into Bencoolen at link
• Part V : The soldier of British East India Company at link
  
• Part VI : The first garrison : Remnants of Fort York at link
• Part VII : The second garrison : Chronicles of Fort Marlborough at link
• Part VIII : The Bencoolen Administrator 1685 – 1825 at link
  
• Part IX : Anglo - Dutch treaty and the terminated colony at link
• Part X : References at link
  
• Part XI : Gallery Photo Fort Marlborough at link

Credit :
MY ODYSSEY (Personal site mr. Mahandis Yoanata)
to allow publish at http://rejang-lebong.blogspot.com (Rejang Land Blog)