Battery Hitchcock (Boston, Massachusetts)
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Three 10" disappearing carriage guns were mounted here from 1899 to 1939.
Battery Hitchcock was named January 25, 1906 in honor of Brevet 1st Lieutenant John Ford Hitchcock, United States Army (2nd lieutenant, 18th United States Infantry), who served with distinction during the civil war and who was killed in action at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862.
Battery Hitchcock was named January 25, 1906 in honor of Brevet 1st Lieutenant John Ford Hitchcock, United States Army (2nd lieutenant, 18th United States Infantry), who served with distinction during the civil war and who was killed in action at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°19'47"N 70°57'20"W
- Fort Standish / Lovell's Island 2 km
- Former Site of Boston Naval Shipyard 10 km
- Hanscom Field / Hanscom Air Force Base (BED/KBED) 33 km
- Major David Scott Connolly Armed Forces Reserve Center 58 km
- Devens United States Army Reserve Center 60 km
- Fort Devens Impact Area 61 km
- Turner Drop Zone 62 km
- Fort Devens 65 km
- New Boston Remote Tracking Station(AFSCN) 89 km
- New Boston Air Force Station 90 km
- Long Island 1.3 km
- Peddocks Island 4.3 km
- Logan International Airport (BOS/KBOS) 5.7 km
- Winthrop, Massachusetts 5.8 km
- Squantum 5.9 km
- South Boston 6.5 km
- East Boston 6.7 km
- Nahant, Massachusetts 11 km
- Cohasset, Massachusetts 15 km
- Swampscott, Massachusetts 16 km