Battery Acker (Portland, Maine)
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Two 6" dissapearing carriage guns were mounted here from 1902 to 1943.
Battery Acker was named on March 30, 1903 in honor of Captain William H. Acker, 16th U.S. Infantry, who was killed April 7, 1862, at the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee.
Battery Acker was named on March 30, 1903 in honor of Captain William H. Acker, 16th U.S. Infantry, who was killed April 7, 1862, at the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 43°41'14"N 70°11'43"W
- Fort McKinley 0.6 km
- Fort Levett 4.6 km
- Fort WIlliams Park 6.9 km
- Wreck of USS PE-56 16 km
- USS S-21 (SS-126) wreckage 18 km
- Plymouth National Guard Training Area 148 km
- Fernald Airport (Former)/ Winterport Dragway 149 km
- Former BOMARC Missile Base 172 km
- Schoodic Institute 185 km
- Columbia Air Force Station Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar 226 km
- Great Diamond Island 0.8 km
- Casco Bay (Southern Section) 1.5 km
- Peaks Island 2.8 km
- Long Island 3.4 km
- Portland Country Club 3.7 km
- Falmouth Foreside, Maine 4.8 km
- Cushing Island 5.2 km
- Willard 6.2 km
- Falmouth, Maine 8.5 km
- Greater Portland 16 km