Highlands Military Reservation: Difference between revisions

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Highlands Military Reservation (1917-1920, 1940-1974) - First established in 1917 in Navesink, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Abandoned as a Military Reservation in 1974.


NAVSink Twin Lights on Highlands Military Reservation, Site of Early (1939) Radar Equipment Tests

Endicott Period (1890-1910)

Part of the Harbor Defense of Southern New York. Established to provide protective shelter to U.S. shipping and to guard an important shipping channel into New York Harbor.

World War I (1917-1918)

**Highlands Military Reservation World War I Battery** (edit list)
Battery Click on Battery links below	No.	Caliber	Type Mount	Service Years	Battery Cost	Notes
Battery Hartshorne	2	12"	Mortar	1917-1920	$ ?
Source: CDSG

World War II (1941-1945)

**Highlands Military Reservation World War II Battery** (edit list)
Battery Click on Battery links below	No.	Caliber	Type Mount	Service Years	Battery Cost
Battery 116 Battery Lewis (2)	2	16"	Casemated Barbette (CBC)	1942-1943-1944-1948	$ 1,552,493
Battery 219	2	6"	Shielded Barbette (SBC)	1942-1943-1944-1946	$ 198,859
Source: CDSG

Cold War (1947–1991)

A USAF Radar Station, Highlands Air Force Station, was in operation on the site between 1948 and 1966. That site was then turned over to the U.S. Army on 1 Jul 1966 and became Highlands Army Air Defense Site. Finally closed in 1974.

Current Status

Part of the Hartshorne Woods County Park, Navesink, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Two World War II batteries are visible. No remains of the radar site and most of the military reservation has been returned to park land.

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Location: Hartshorne Woods Park, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

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Lat: 40.3946072 Long: -73.9977264

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 == [[Endicott Period]] (1890-1910) ==
 {{HDSouthernNewYork}} Established to provide protective shelter to U.S. shipping and to guard an important shipping channel into New York Harbor.