Battery Smith
N 38°42.339 W077°01.746
(1903 - 1920)Named (5/25/1903) after 2nd Lt. Joseph P. Smith, killed 1847 at Chapultepec, Mexico.
Two 3-inch guns on masking parapet mounts were located here.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. page 70}
 Battery Smith. |
 BC Station. |
 Gun emplacement #2. |
 Gun emplacement #1. |
Battery Many
N 38°42.598 W077°02.149
(1905 - 1928)Named (12/27/1904) after Col. James B. Many of the War of 1812.
Two 3-inch pedestal mount guns were located here.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. page 72}
 Rear traverse (left flank). |
 Rear traverse (right flank). |
 Gun emplacement #2. |
 Gun emplacement #1. |
 Steps leading to Gun #1. |
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