POTOMAC RIVER DEFENSES

for WASHINGTON, D.C.

map copyright Š 2004 AFN
FORT WASHINGTON

FORT HUNT

FORT FOOTE
a Civil War defense

each of the Fort pages serve as
individual home pages

Other major military bases include:
(1) Fort Belvoir,
(2) Naval Torpedo Station [Torpedo Factory Art Center]
N 38°48.305 W077°02.387,
(3) Fort Myer,
(4) The Pentagon,
(5) Washington Barracks [Fort McNair],
(6) Washington Navy Yard,
(7) Bolling Air Force Base,
(8) Walter Reed Army Hospital,
(9) Bethesda Naval Hospital,
(10) Andrews Air Force Base.
(11) Naval Reserve Training Center/Alexandria Shipyard
[Jones Point Park] N 38°47.428 W077°02.419
Most of these still exist in one form or another.

HD Potomac
HD Potomac River
Coast Artillery Corps
District Area Command

USGS Satellite Images of Washington D.C.
courtesy of Microsoft TerraServer

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Contributions of historical material and photographs are greatly appreciated!
This website is an ongoing project. We are always learning something new,
and we would like all to share in any new information that is gathered.
Thank you, and enjoy!

Š2002 American Forts Network

This is the same site that was once hosted on Geocities.com
until Yahoo! pulled the plug in October 2009.
Nothing else has changed.

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Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society

National Park Service:
Civil War Defenses of Washington D.C.

POTOMAC RIVER DEFENSES

for WASHINGTON, D.C.

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