 Work began in 1882 on Fort Glanville 's northern sister Fort Largs — then known as the Port Adelaide battery — to the same specification as Fort Glanville ; its barracks and rear defence wall were finished in 1885 . Though guns had already been purchased specially , plans for the third fort at Glenelg were not proceeded with . South Australia was experiencing a depression in 1886 and that coupled with a report by General James Bevan Edwards scuttled plans for the third coastal fort . As early as 1888 the emphasis for defence of the Adelaide coast had already shifted to Fort Largs ; a fact cited as part of the reason for abandonment of the Glenelg fortifications . 
 Work began in 1882 on Fort Glanville <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>northern sister Fort Largs — then known as the Port Adelaide battery — to the same specification as Fort Glanville ; its barracks and rear defence wall <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> finished in 1885 . Though guns <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> already been purchased specially , plans for the third fort at Glenelg <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> not proceeded with . South Australia was experiencing a depression in 1886 and that coupled with a report by General James Bevan Edwards scuttled plans for the third coastal fort . As early as 1888 the emphasis for defence of the Adelaide coast <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>had</mark></a> already shifted to Fort Largs ; a fact cited as part of the reason for abandonment of the Glenelg fortifications . 
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