Battery Crenshaw

When construction began in April of 1899 and completed in June of 1900, Battery Crenshaw became part of the system that protected the Columbia River Minefield between Fort Columbia and Fort Stevens. The battery was armed with three 3-inch rapid fire rifles that sat on a pedistal mount. The battery was active for only eighteen years. Between the years 1918 to 1920 the guns were removed and scrapped when they were determined to be obsolete. The carriages were scrapped after 1921. However the collars and pedestal mounts still remain.

Battery Crenshaw was named after Captain Frank F. Crenshaw, who died June 5th, 1900 of wounds received in action at the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.