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Ft Wool Power Plant/Flag Pole Lighting

Completed a City of Hampton signature gateway feature on historical Fort Wool. 

 

Disciplines | History | Details

 

Ft Wool

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Disciplines:

Mechanical

Electrical

 

History:

A national historic landmark and tourist destination originally conceived in 1817, Fort Wool (Formally Fort Calhoun) was built on a 15 acre (61,000 m²) artificial island southeast of Old Point Comfort in Hampton, Virginia. Construction and repairs continued for decades, because the foundation was unstable. Construction continued through the 1830s, when Andrew Jackson came to escape from the heat of Washington, D.C. As a young second lieutenant and engineer in the U.S. Army, Robert E. Lee was stationed there from 1831 to 1834. (This information and more can be found on the Fort Wool Wikipedia page.)

 

More information about the flag pole installation itself can be found on the City of Hampton's website here.

 

Details:

 

JP Harvey Engineering Solutions was the lead design firm to complete a City of Hampton signature gateway feature on Fort Wool.  An enormous American flag is displayed on the historic site, welcoming visitors that arrive by land or sea to both Hampton and the United States.

 

JP Harvey designed lighting and generator power to support the project in the short term and renewable energy supplies for the long term. 

 

Ultimately the power for the fort may be powered by a combination of solar and wind power. Racks of photovoltaic cells and a  wind turbine can capture energy and store it in a large battery bank.