Battery Stricker
USA /
Maryland /
Edgemere /
World
/ USA
/ Maryland
/ Edgemere
World / United States / Maryland
Two 12" disappearing carriage guns were mounted here from 1899 to 1918.
Battery Stricker was named on February 11, 1902 in honor of Brigadier General John Stricker, who commanded the 3rd Brigade, Maryland Militia, in the defense of Baltimore, Maryland September 13 and 14, 1814.
Battery Stricker was named on February 11, 1902 in honor of Brigadier General John Stricker, who commanded the 3rd Brigade, Maryland Militia, in the defense of Baltimore, Maryland September 13 and 14, 1814.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°11'46"N 76°26'35"W
- Battery Harris 0.1 km
- Battery Nicholson 0.1 km
- Battery Key 0.2 km
- Battery Clagett 0.4 km
- Headquarters Third Army Corps Area (former) 0.4 km
- VA medical clinic (currently in use) 0.4 km
- former VA medical center 0.5 km
- Officers Quarters (former) 0.8 km
- Warm Water Discharge Bethlehem Steel 2.7 km
- Kurtz's Beach 5.6 km
- Fort Howard, Maryland 0.4 km
- North Point State Park 3.1 km
- Edgemere, Maryland 3.2 km
- Sparrows Point Terminal (formerly RG Steel/Sparrows Point Steel Mill) 4.3 km
- Millers Island 5.3 km
- Dundalk, Maryland 8.1 km
- John H. Downs Memorial Park 9 km
- Lake Shore, Maryland 12 km
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland 29 km
- Baltimore County, Maryland 29 km