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Fort Tilden

USA / New York /
 military, draw only border
Historic decommissioned military base, now a part of Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area

www.nps.gov/archive/gate/jbu/jbu_home.htm
www.geocities.com/fort_tilden/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Tilden
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Coordinates:   40°33'43"N   73°53'27"W

Comments

  • ACFirestone (guest)
    The fort dates to 1917. Among the first weapons emplaced were a battery of 12" seacoast mortars (I want to say M1890's). In 1921, a pair of barbette mounted 16" guns was emplaced at the fort to defend the approaches to NY harbor (Battery Harris). These were later casemated immediately prior to WW2. They, in conjuction with batteries at Ft. Hancock in NJ, protected the outer entrance to NY harbor. The guns were scrapped in 1949. Later, in the mid 1950's, a quadruple magazine Nike missile launch site (Nike site NY-49) and control radar site were sited at Ft. Tilden. Both Battery Harris and the Nike site are easily seen in aerial photos. The fort was closed in 1974 and transferred to the National Park Service.
  • desu
    Photo #1 is a 1954 aerial view of Ft. Tilden's main cantonment area. The NAS Rockaway's dirigible hangar was located in sandy area at the bottom right portion of the photo.
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