Battery Lewis (116)
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Two casemated 16inch guns.
Designed to work in concert with the 16-inch guns at Fort Tilden on Long Island to close the harbor to enemy shipping. The 16-inch coastal defense gun had a range of over 14 miles.
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Designed to work in concert with the 16-inch guns at Fort Tilden on Long Island to close the harbor to enemy shipping. The 16-inch coastal defense gun had a range of over 14 miles.
www.fortwiki.com/Battery_116
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°23'21"N 73°59'20"W
- US Naval Weapons Station Earle 9 km
- Fort Monmouth Reuse and Redevelopment Area 10 km
- NWS Earle Pier Complex/Leonardo Piers 10 km
- Fort Hancock Historic Core 11 km
- Munition Rail Transport Storage Area 17 km
- US Naval Weapons Station Earle - Mainside 22 km
- Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) 25 km
- Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC), Lakehurst, Aircraft Platform Interface Group 54 km
- Naval Air Engineering Station - Lakehurst 54 km
- Fort Dix Military Reservation 68 km
- Sea Bright, New Jersey 2.3 km
- Rumson, New Jersey 3.5 km
- Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey 4.2 km
- Sandy Hook 5.5 km
- Monmouth Beach, New Jersey 6.2 km
- Sandy Hook Bay 6.4 km
- Fort Hancock Historic Core 8.3 km
- Oceanport, New Jersey 8.7 km
- Inner Approaches to New York Harbor 14 km
- Monmouth County, New Jersey 24 km