Battery Talbot (Newport, Rhode Island)
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Two 4.7" British Armstrong guns on pedestal mounts were mounted here from 1899 to 1917.
Battery Talbot was named on March 13, 1902 in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Silas Talbot, of Rhode Island, who served with distinction in the Continental Army during the war of the revolution, and who died on June 30, 1813.
Battery Talbot was named on March 13, 1902 in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Silas Talbot, of Rhode Island, who served with distinction in the Continental Army during the war of the revolution, and who died on June 30, 1813.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°28'33"N 71°20'28"W
- Coaster's Harbor Island - US Naval War College 4.4 km
- Naval Station Newport 7 km
- NUWC - Naval Undersea Warfare Center 7.1 km
- The home of the "Quonset hut" 17 km
- Quonset Point Airport 17 km
- Camp Fogarty, US Army National guard 21 km
- Ninigret Park, Naval Auxiliary Air Station Charlestown 30 km
- Otis Air National Guard Base (FMH/KFMH) 70 km
- Joint Base Cape Cod (Massachusetts Military Reservation) 71 km
- Cape Cod Air Force Station 73 km
- Fort Adams State Park
- Hammersmith Farm 0.8 km
- Surprise Valley Farm, Swiss Village (SVF Foundation) 1.1 km
- Beacon Hill Estate 1.5 km
- Ballard Park (1990) 1.7 km
- Newport Country Club (1894-95 et seq.) 1.9 km
- Gooseneck Cove 2.1 km
- Castle Hill Inn & Resort 2.2 km
- Brenton Point State Park - The Reef 2.8 km
- Newport County, Rhode Island 12 km