Battery Kemble

Battery Kemble History

Armed with two 100-pounder Parrott rifles positioned to cover the Chain Bridge and the Virginia side of the Potomac River at the Bridge.

Current Status

A Part of Battery Kemble Park, Washington DC. The overgrown remains of the earthworks are at the top of the hill directly above the lower parking lot.

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USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1680418

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Location: Battery Kemble Park, Washington DC. Maps & Images Lat: 38.930673 Long: -77.095715 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 351'

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 135

Links:

• North American Forts - Battery Kemble
• NPS - Battery Kemble

Visited: 25 May 2013

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