Battery Pike

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Two 10" M1898 disappearing carriage guns were mounted here from 1898 to 1919.

Battery Pike was named on May 15, 1903 in honor of Brigadier General Zebulon M. Pike, U.S. Army, who was killed April 27, 1813 in action at York, Upper Canada.
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Coordinates:   29°21'50"N   89°27'46"W
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