Category:Fort Adams
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Fort Adams (1793-1946) - Fort Adams was built on the site of an earlier Patriot and French fort from 1780. Rebuilt in 1798 with 17 guns, and repaired in 1808. It was named in 1799.
The current structure was built beginning in 1824. The Outer Redoubt was built in 1825.
In WWII an HDCP and an AA battery were here.
Endicott batteries on the west side include
- Battery Belton (1907-1925)
- Battery Bankhead (1907-1913)
- Battery Reilly (1899-1917)
- Battery Talbot (1899-1917)
- Battery Edgerton (1898-1943)
- Battery Greene (1898-1943), which was renamed Battery Gilmore in 1940
- Unnamed battery from 1898 near Battery Bankhead
- Mobile 90mm guns were also here in WWII.
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Lat: 47.6570 Long: -122.4182
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