Battery Wagner (1)
Battery Wagner (1) (1902-1920) - Battery Warner is a concrete Endicott Period 12" mortar battery located on Fort Winfield Scott, California. Named after Col. Arthur Wagner a veteran of the Spanish-American War. The Battery was formed in 1902 from the existing mortar pits C and D of Battery Howe. All mortars were removed by 1920, possibly in 1918 during World War I.
Battery Wagner (1) History
Part of the Harbor Defense of San Francisco.
Battery Howe was originally built with sixteen 12" M1886 and M1886M rifled mortars on M1891 mortar carriages in a concrete battery with four mortar pits (A-D). In 1902 mortar pits C and D were renamed Battery Wagner and pits A and B retained the Battery Howe name.
Each of the mortars was capable of firing a seven hundred pound shell eight miles.
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Current Status
No guns or carriages are in place. Both pits are buried are buried.
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Location: Fort Winfield Scott, California Maps & Images Lat: 37.802222 Long: -122.471944 |
Sources:
- Coast Defense Study Group, Press, Digital Library, Forums
- Angelfire
- California Military Museum
- National Park Service
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