Extremely of Domgermain

The Original fort

Dates of construction (1874-1879)

Order of study of the work: December 5th, 1873
Approval of the project by the minister: September 11th, 1874
Adjudication of work: October 24th, 1874
Decree of public utility and emergency: December 4th, 1874
Beginning of work: November 15th, 1874
Completion of the work: December 31st, 1878

Estimated cost of the work

The entire amount is estimated at 1.990.000 francs

acquisitions: 33.000 F
work: 1.957.000 F

Armament

The total armament is established with 40 pieces of artillery. The fort had in its stores of 83 tons powder and 500.000 cartridges.

Parts under turret: nothing
Parts under casemate: nothing
Parts of rampart: 24
Mortiers: 4
Parts of flanking: 12

Quartering

The fort could accommodate 522 men. An infirmary of 40 men was present. The water provision was ensured by two cisterns for a total capacity of 550 m3.

Officers: 18
Warrant officers: 24
Soldats: 480

modernization

Program 1900

complete Reorganization of the fort: 1907-1910
Armament: 1 turret of 75,1 casemate of Bourges, 3 observatories armoured and 1 turret machine-gun

garrison and armament in 1914

1/2 company of infantry (169e regiment of infantry),

The work had 316 places protected in the casemates, 240 not protected places

148 artillerists (6th artillery regiment to foot),

In addition to the armament under turret, 4 guns revolvers and 4 guns of 12 cylinder head for the defense of the trunks, 4 mortars of 22 and 4 mortars of 15.

actual position

During several years, the strong one was an ammunition dump, closed in the years 1980. Traces of this use remain still today (markings out of the ground, panel of danger, fits latticework on, etc…)

Thereafter 516ème RT of Toul-Ecrouves, had the fort to carry out there operations until the beginning of the year 2000.

At the beginning of 2007, the fort is in waste land: armourings with the abandonment, turret machine-gun with feraillée half.

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