Battery Nicholson
USA /
Maryland /
Edgemere /
World
/ USA
/ Maryland
/ Edgemere
World / United States / Maryland
Two 6" disappearing carriage guns were mounted here from 1900 to 1927.
Battery Nicholson was named on February 11, 1902 in honor of Judge Joseph H. Nicholson, captain of Volunteer Artillery, who commanded the Volunteer Artillery in the defense of Fort McHenry, Maryland September 13, 1814.
Battery Nicholson was named on February 11, 1902 in honor of Judge Joseph H. Nicholson, captain of Volunteer Artillery, who commanded the Volunteer Artillery in the defense of Fort McHenry, Maryland September 13, 1814.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°11'46"N 76°26'40"W
- Battery Stricker 0.1 km
- Battery Harris 0.2 km
- VA medical clinic (currently in use) 0.3 km
- Battery Key 0.3 km
- Headquarters Third Army Corps Area (former) 0.4 km
- former VA medical center 0.4 km
- Battery Clagett 0.5 km
- Officers Quarters (former) 0.7 km
- Warm Water Discharge Bethlehem Steel 2.6 km
- Kurtz's Beach 5.6 km
- Fort Howard, Maryland 0.4 km
- Edgemere, Maryland 3.1 km
- North Point State Park 3.2 km
- Sparrows Point Terminal (formerly RG Steel/Sparrows Point Steel Mill) 4.2 km
- Millers Island 5.3 km
- Dundalk, Maryland 8 km
- John H. Downs Memorial Park 9 km
- Lake Shore, Maryland 12 km
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland 29 km
- Baltimore County, Maryland 29 km