Battery Drum (Boston, Massachusetts)
USA /
Massachusetts /
Winthrop /
Boston, Massachusetts
World
/ USA
/ Massachusetts
/ Winthrop
World / United States / Massachusetts
military, historical layer / disappeared object
Two 4.7" British Armstrong guns on pedestal mounts were mounted here from 1899 to 1917.
Battery Drum was named on March 30, 1903 in honor of Captain Simon H. Drum, 4th U.S. Artillery, who was killed September 13, 1847 in the assault on the City of Mexico.
Battery Drum was named on March 30, 1903 in honor of Captain Simon H. Drum, 4th U.S. Artillery, who was killed September 13, 1847 in the assault on the City of Mexico.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°19'49"N 70°57'24"W
- Fort Standish / Lovell's Island 2.1 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) 88 km
- New Boston Air Force Station 90 km
- Long Island 1.3 km
- Peddocks Island 4.3 km
- Winthrop, Massachusetts 5.7 km
- Logan International Airport (BOS/KBOS) 5.7 km
- Squantum 5.9 km
- South Boston 6.5 km
- East Boston 6.6 km
- Nahant, Massachusetts 11 km
- Cohasset, Massachusetts 15 km
- Swampscott, Massachusetts 16 km