Flag Mast Fort St.George

      The 150 feet  flag mast at Fort St George  flying the Union  Jack flag. This  more than 300 year old wooden flag mast was intially erected near the  sea bastion  and later shifted to  ramparts of the  Fort on the  Sea side in 1687. Eihu Yale Governor of Madras hoisted the Union Jack flag in that year. Due to vagaries of weather the mast got damaged and a metal flag mast was erected some 20 years back in 1990s.

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