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Trimming the ravelin

August 13, 2024 4:56 pm • Last Updated: August 13, 2024 6:00 pm

By Dana Jensen
Staff Photographer

d.jensen@theday.com

Patrick Morgan, a seasonal worker with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, uses a cord trimmer to cut grass on the top of the ravelin of Fort Trumbull Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in New London. A ravelin is an angular stone structure that protects the entrance of the fort from a land attack. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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New London ― Patrick Morgan, a seasonal worker with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, uses a cord trimmer to cut grass on the top of the ravelin of Fort Trumbull on Tuesday.

A ravelin is an angular stone structure that protects the entrance of the fort from a land attack.

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