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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1899-1935) - An [[:Category:Endicott Period Forts|Endicott Period]] concrete battery constructed 1898-1899 on the [[Fort Pickens]] parade ground to hold 2 12" rifled guns on disappearing carriages. The guns were capable of firing 1,070 lb. shells about 8 miles. Gun tubes removed 1935 and carriages removed during [[World War II]]. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1899-1935) - An [[:Category:Endicott Period Forts|Endicott Period]] concrete battery constructed 1898-1899 on the [[Fort Pickens]] parade ground to hold 2 12" rifled guns on disappearing carriages. The guns were capable of firing 1,070 lb. shells about 8 miles. Gun tubes removed 1935 and carriages removed during [[World War II]]. | ||
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Revision as of 10:07, 6 January 2010
Battery Pensacola (1899-1935) - An Endicott Period concrete battery constructed 1898-1899 on the Fort Pickens parade ground to hold 2 12" rifled guns on disappearing carriages. The guns were capable of firing 1,070 lb. shells about 8 miles. Gun tubes removed 1935 and carriages removed during World War II.
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History of Battery Pensacola
Part of the Harbor Defense of Pensacola.
Current Status
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Location: On the parade ground of Fort Pickens, Santa Rosa Island, Pensacola, Florida Maps & Images Lat: 30.327064 Long: -87.290679 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 196-197
- De Quesada, Alejandro M., A History of Florida Forts: Florida's Lonely Outposts, SC : History Press, Charleston, 2006, ISBN 1596291044, page 192
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Visited: 15 Dec 2009
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