Anti-Aircraft Battery & 1872 Mortar Battery

Magazine 1 - N 39°34.164 W075°34.784
Magazine 2 - N 39°34.183 W075°34.787
1872 Battery - N 39°34.108 W075°34.764

After WWI two AA gun positions were built here, but during World War II they were replaced by four mobile 3-inch AA guns.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. page 246}
No remains are left of the AA gun positions.
Two 1872 magazines are still here. The 1872 mortar battery is located on an overgrown hill directly behind Battery Gibson-Read.

Remains of magazine #2.	Magazine #1.
Emplacement #4.	Emplacement #3.
Emplacement #2.	Emplacement #1.
Magazine between #2 and #3.

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