Fort Heath

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Fort Heath (1895-1965) - An Endicott Period Coastal Fort first established as Grover's Cliff Military Reservation (1895-1899) in 1895 near Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Named Fort Heath in G.O. 43, 4 Apr 1900, after William Heath, a delegate from Massachusetts to the Federal Constitutional Convention, who served faithfully and honorably as a Major General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Abandoned in 1965.

Endicott Period

Part of the Harbor Defense of Boston, Massachusetts.


Fort Heath Endicott Period Battery (edit list)
Battery
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No. Caliber Type Mount Service Years Battery Cost Notes
Battery Winthrop 3 12" Disappearing 1898-1901-1901-1943 $ 202,480
Source: CDSG
Fort Heath Plan


World War I (1917-1918)

World War II (1941-1945)

Cold War

Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) for the Nike missile defenses of Boston (1960-1964). The Air Force 820th AC&W Squadron operated Air Defense Command (ADC) radars at Fort Heath until 1966 when the FAA took over the station. The FAA moved to North Truro AFS, on Cape Cod in the 1990s.

Current Status

All Military sites are destroyed and overbuilt.

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Location: Fort Heath, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Maps & Images

Lat: 42.388889 Long: -70.969444

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