Battery Adams (Boston, Massachusetts)
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One 10" disappearing carriage gun was mounted here from 1899 to 1914.
Battery Adams was named on February 12, 1902 in honor of Captain John G.B. Adams, 19th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, who was seriously wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and who won a medal of honor for distinguished gallantry in action.
Battery Adams was named on February 12, 1902 in honor of Captain John G.B. Adams, 19th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, who was seriously wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and who won a medal of honor for distinguished gallantry in action.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°19'14"N 70°55'36"W
- Fort Standish / Lovell's Island 1.5 km
- Former Site of Boston Naval Shipyard 13 km
- Hanscom Field / Hanscom Air Force Base (BED/KBED) 36 km
- Major David Scott Connolly Armed Forces Reserve Center 60 km
- Devens United States Army Reserve Center 62 km
- Fort Devens Impact Area 63 km
- Turner Drop Zone 65 km
- Fort Devens 67 km
- New Boston Remote Tracking Station(AFSCN) 91 km
- New Boston Air Force Station 92 km
- Peddocks Island 3.1 km
- Long Island 3.2 km
- Winthrop, Massachusetts 7 km
- Squantum 7.5 km
- Logan International Airport (BOS/KBOS) 8.2 km
- East Boston 9 km
- South Boston 9 km
- Nahant, Massachusetts 12 km
- Cohasset, Massachusetts 13 km
- Swampscott, Massachusetts 16 km