Battery Reilly (Newport, Rhode Island)
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Two 10" disappearing carriage guns were mounted here from 1899 to 1917.
Battery Reilly was named on March 13, 1902 in honor of Captain Henry J. Reilly, 5th U.S. Artillery, who served at Fort Adams, Rhode Island, from July 4, 1870 to April 27, 1875, and who was killed at Pekin, China, on August 15, 1900.
Battery Reilly was named on March 13, 1902 in honor of Captain Henry J. Reilly, 5th U.S. Artillery, who served at Fort Adams, Rhode Island, from July 4, 1870 to April 27, 1875, and who was killed at Pekin, China, on August 15, 1900.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°28'27"N 71°20'33"W
- Coaster's Harbor Island - US Naval War College 4.6 km
- Naval Station Newport 7.2 km
- NUWC - Naval Undersea Warfare Center 7.3 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 74 km
- Fort Adams State Park 0.2 km
- Hammersmith Farm 0.6 km
- Surprise Valley Farm, Swiss Village (SVF Foundation) 1 km
- Beacon Hill Estate 1.4 km
- Newport Country Club (1894-95 et seq.) 1.7 km
- Ballard Park (1990) 1.7 km
- Castle Hill Inn & Resort 2 km
- Gooseneck Cove 2 km
- Brenton Point State Park - The Reef 2.6 km
- Newport County, Rhode Island 12 km