Battery Bayard

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Three 6" disappearing carriage guns were mounted here from 1907 to 1917.

Battery Bayard was named on December 27, 1904 in honor of Brigadier General George D. Bayard, U.S. Volunteers (captain, 4th U.S. Cavalry), who died December 14, 1862, of wounds received in action at Fredericksburg, Vlrglnia December 13, 1862.

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Coordinates: 43°41'29"N 70°11'2"W

Fort McKinley 1.5 km
Fort Levett 5.2 km
Fort WIlliams Park 7.6 km
USS S-21 (SS-126) wreckage 17 km
Wreck of USS PE-56 17 km
Plymouth National Guard Training Area 147 km
Fernald Airport (Former)/ Winterport Dragway 148 km
Former BOMARC Missile Base 171 km
Schoodic Institute 184 km
Columbia Air Force Station Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar 225 km

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