Battery Winchester (Baltimore, Maryland)

USA / Maryland / Riviera Beach / Baltimore, Maryland

One 12" disappearing carriage gun was mounted here from 1900 to 1918.

Battery Winchester was named on May 15, 1903 in honor of Brigadier General James Winchester, U. S. Army, who was taken prisoner January 22nd, 1813 in action at Frenchtown, Michigan, and died July 27, 1820 near Gallatlin, Tennessee.

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Coordinates: 39°12'34"N 76°32'2"W

Cox Creek Dredged Material Containment Facility & Swan Creek Conservation Area 1.2 km
Tanyard Springs (Planned Community) 4.4 km
Elizabeth's Landing 5.8 km
Point Pleasant 5.8 km
Bloody Ponds 7 km
Belle Grove Ponds - Pond 1 8.5 km
Sun Valley 8.6 km
Marley Run Apartments 10 km
Cromwell Yard Light Rail service & inspection facility 10 km
Shipley's Crossing 13 km

United States Gypsum (USG) Baltimore Plant 1.9 km
Brandon Shores and H. A. Wagner Generating Plants 3.2 km
Sparrows Point Shipyard/Former site of Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard 3.3 km
Sparrows Point Terminal (formerly RG Steel/Sparrows Point Steel Mill) 5.1 km
Riviera Beach, Maryland 5.7 km
Edgemere, Maryland 6.5 km
Fort Smallwood Park 6.8 km
Dundalk, Maryland 7 km
Baltimore County, Maryland 26 km
Anne Arundel County, Maryland 27 km

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United States Gypsum (USG) Baltimore Plant Brandon Shores and H. A. Wagner Generating Plants Sparrows Point Shipyard/Former site of Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point Terminal (formerly RG Steel/Sparrows Point Steel Mill) Riviera Beach, Maryland Edgemere, Maryland Fort Smallwood Park Dundalk, Maryland Baltimore County, Maryland Anne Arundel County, Maryland