An American Forts Network historical website
FORT SMALLWOODRock Point - Venice on the Bay area
(1890 - 1928)
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N 39°09.689 W076°28.894
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References of guns/carriages to Mark Berhow's "American Seacoast Defenses:
A Reference Guide" Second Edition, CDSG Press 2004, which will aid you in your
personal research.
Note on GPS coordinates for most of the featured sites:
I used WGS 84 except where noted by "USCGS" or "USACE."
Those marked "USCGS" or "USACE" use NAD 83 and are listed at
http://www.geocaching.com/mark/.
The accuracy between WGS 84 and NAD 83 is slightly off,
but should not cause you any difficulties in finding locations
since many GPS devices allow you to switch between them.
An Endicott period fort named in honor of Major General William Smallwood of the Continental Army, and later the governor of Maryland in 1785. It is located on Rock Point at the Patapsco River entrance opposite from Fort Howard. Batteries include Battery Hartshorne (1900 - 1927), and Battery Sykes (1905 - 1927), which has been destroyed. A Fire Control station was once located just outside the fort on the hill (65-Foot Hill) in the residential neighborhood.
Satellite Images of Fort Smallwood
courtesy of Microsoft TerraServer
Launched: May 11, 2001
last updated: 31 January, 2008