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- 20:46, 4 March 2011 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Btty-Dickenson-Gun2.jpg (Photo, taken about noon on February 26, 2011, looks easterly at the platform for Gun 2 of Battery Dickenson at Ft. Wetherill. This battery mounted two 6-inch guns. Shells were delivered up from the magazines below by means of an ammunition hoist. The del)
- 18:28, 4 March 2011 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Wetherill-Mine-Storehouse.jpg (This image, taken February 26, 2011, looks northerly at the Mine Storehouse, built in 1940, that lies about 240 ft. north of Battery Varnum. The remains of the tracks that run into the south end of the building once served the tramway system that carried )
- 17:19, 4 March 2011 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Btty-Zook-Mining-Casemate.jpg (This image, made on February 26, 2011, looks easterly at the doorway of the former Mining Casemate at the eastern end of Battery Zook. From this location the electrically-fired mines defending the estuary were controlled. The concrete casemate was formerl)
- 12:01, 4 March 2011 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Wetherill-1921-Map-S.jpg (This map was produced by the U.S. Army Engineers, and updated through 1921. It was provided by the Coast Defense Study Group, which copied it from the National Archives and distributed it on DVD. Unfortunately, the original image file is considerably fuzz)
- 15:11, 3 March 2011 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Btty-Varnum-Gun-Pits.jpg (Photo looks westerly across the gun platforms of Battery Varnum. Gun 2 is in the foreground. The overhanging concrete "canopy" at center protected the ammunition hoist that delivered shells from the magazines below, which were supplied via the lower level)
- 19:08, 9 January 2011 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Ft Andrews Aerial 1932.jpg (The file of this image, acquired from the National Archives by the Coast Defense Study Group (CDSG) and distributed by them on disk, is entitled with the year 1932. It was made by the U.S. Army, and is stunning in its detail. It looks northwesterly. At c)
- 13:33, 8 January 2011 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Ft-Heath-AP-c1921-SEly.jpg (This undated photo of Ft. Heath, Winthrop, MA, taken by the U.S. Army, was likely made about 1921, judging from the apparent construction activity near the barracks at center. It looks southeasterly and shows Battery Winthrop at center-left, with its thre)
- 20:24, 5 January 2011 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Ft-Banks-AP-c-1940-1500x1073.jpg (This undated aerial photo, likely made by the U.S. Army in about 1940, looks southeasterly across the mortar pits at Ft. Banks. Btty Kellogg Pit A is at upper left and Btty Lincoln Pit B is at lower right. This photo shows the original height of the eart)
- 15:26, 2 October 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Murphy-FOF.jpg (This map, from the U.S. Army Engineers' 1945 Annex to the Report on the Harbor Defenses of Boston, locates the 10 fire control towers and cottages that made up the network of base end and spotting stations for Battery Murphy, the twin 16-inch guns at East)
- 17:08, 1 October 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Andrews-East-FCT-x2.jpg (This photo, taken in 2010, is a composite front (left) and rear (right) view of the East Side fire control building at Fort Andrews, Peddocks Island, Boston, MA which was completed in 1904. The view of the front of the building looks southerly; the rear v)
- 14:21, 30 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Strawberry-Pt-Site-115-1D.jpg (This photo, taken in 2009, looks westerly at one of the two "cottage-type" f1re control structures on Strawberry Point in Scituate, MA. The cottage is located here: {{coord|42.253068|N|70.767900|W|display=inline}}. Built during WW2, this building was mea)
- 18:56, 29 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Ft-Miles-FCT.jpg (This fire control tower, at Ft. Miles, DE, was built early in WW2. It is an example of a cylindrical tower, of which several were also built in the New England area. The image is provided courtesy of the Coast Defense Study Group (CDSG). See [http://www.C)
- 18:19, 29 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Ft-Monroe-FCT.jpg (This fire control tower, at Ft. Monroe, VA, is an example of an early (1905-1915) tower built on a tubular steel tower base. The image is provided courtesy of the Coast Defense Study Group (CDSG). See their website. )
- 17:47, 29 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Nahant-Site2A-FCT.jpg (This photo, taken in February, 2010, looks easterly at the westernmost fire control tower on Swallow Cave Rd. in Nahant, MA, known by its WW2 designation as Site 131-2A. The tower was built upon a private estate leased by the government during WW2 and wa)
- 13:17, 29 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:DPF and Azimuth Scope.jpg (This image shows a depression position finder (DPF) on the left and an azimuth scope on the right. Both instruments could be used to measure the azimuth of a target from the observation station; the DPF could also be used to measure the range to the targe)
- 13:48, 27 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Nahant-1A-FCT-Elev.jpg (This elevation drawing, from 1944-45, comes from the Report of Completed Works of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It describes the more northerly of the two Coast Artillery fire control towers on Swallow Cave Rd. in Nahant, MA, known as Site 1A. This t)
- 22:05, 26 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Nahant-1A-FCT-Plan.jpg (This set of floor plans, from 1944-45, comes from the Report of Completed Works of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It describes the more northerly of the two Coast Artillery fire control towers on Swallow Cave Rd. in Nahant, MA. This tower is fairly ty)
- 14:14, 25 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Nahant-Twin-Towers.jpg (This photo, taken in February, 2010, looks west from the southwest tip of East Point, near the former platform of Battery 206 Gun 1. It shows the twin 8-story fire control towers along Swallow Cave Rd. in Nahant, MA. When they were built in 1943 the tower)
- 15:00, 22 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Nahant-Rd-FCT-View-S.jpg (This photo, taken on an overcast day in February, 2010, looks south from the top observation level of the Nahant Road fire control tower. The island just left of center is Outer Brewster Island, about 6 mi. distant. Beyond that are the shores of Hull, MA)
- 14:53, 21 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Gun1-Site-2010.jpg (This photo, made in February, 2010, looks northeasterly from the roadway above the former site of 155mm Gun 1 down across the gun platform. The exposed concrete pedestal that was the central part of the emplacement can be seen at the center of the image, )
- 14:18, 21 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:155mm-Gun-Plans-1942.jpg (This drawing is from the Army Engineers' Report of Completed Works for the Nahant 155mm battery, dated December 1, 1942. The upper right-hand corner of the drawing shows a section view of a 155mm GPF gun mount. Below that are plan and section views of th)
- 18:19, 20 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:East-Point-Gun-Map-1945.jpg (This 1945 map showing the East Point gun emplacements is from the U.S. Army Engineers' Report of Completed Works. The southern shaft of the compass rose arrow is at upper right. The massive underground bunker for the two 16-inch guns of Battery Murphy is)
- 16:19, 19 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Switch-Mechanisms.jpg (This image, made in September, 2010, shows two switch mechanisms for moving shells between two pairs of trolley tracks on the ceiling of one of the shell rooms for the flank magazine of Btty Kellogg Pit A. Each pair of I-beam tracks has a short piece of )
- 14:56, 19 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Lincoln-A-Flank-Inside.jpg (This image, made in September, 2010, shows the inside of the flank magazines of Btty Lincoln, Pit A, now used by the maintenance staff of the Governors Park Condominiums. This view looks easterly. The two original doorway openings for the shell room (lef)
- 14:39, 19 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Lincoln-A-Flank.jpg (This image, made in September, 2010, shows the west face of the flank magazines for Btty Lincoln, Pit A at Fort Banks in Winthrop, MA. This face of the magazines was formerly a colonnaded, covered walkway, leading from the magazines to Pit A, at left. T)
- 17:36, 18 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Lincoln-Cent-N-Shell.jpg (This image, taken in September, 2010, looks west from the cross-corridor at the east end of the central magazine of Btty Lincoln at Fort Banks, Winthrop, MA. The room shown is the northernmost shell room of the magazine. This room, which was occupied by)
- 17:21, 18 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:From-Kellogg-B-Booth.jpg (This image, taken in September, 2010, looks easterly through the viewing slit from inside the data booth of Battery Kellogg Pit B, Fort Banks, WInthrop, MA. The heavy vegetation at right rear is growing on top of the large earthen ramp that was built in )
- 19:11, 17 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:W-End-1896-Plan-S.jpg (This image is a scan of a portion of an 1896 plan for the Ft. Banks mortar batteries, drawn by the U.S. (Army) Engineers. For orientation, east is to the right of the drawing. The two circles at top are the northernmost two firing positions of Btty Linco)
- 15:43, 17 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Ft-Banks-1946-1953-C.pdf (This map, prepared by the U.S. Army, shows Fort Banks at its largest extent, which was achieved through the addition of many temporary structures during WW2. The maps was drawn in 1946 and updated through 1953. The area south and west of the mortar pits )
- 15:29, 17 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Ft-Banks-1946-1953.pdf (This map, prepared by the U.S. Army, shows Fort Banks at its largest extent, which was achieved through the addition of many temporary structures during WW2. The maps was drawn in 1946 and updated through 1953. The area south and west of the mortar pits )
- 23:52, 13 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Lincoln-A-Looking-West.jpg (This photo, taken in September, 2010, looks west at Pit A of Battery Lincoln, which has been half filled with earth and paved over. It is now used as a parking lot for the Governor's Park Condominiums. Pit B of Btty Lincoln is similar. Pit A of Btty Kello)
- 18:06, 13 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:E-W-Gallery-Looking-E.jpg (This photo, taken in September, 2010, looks east along the long east-west gallery of the old (1896) magazine for the mortar batteries. The vantage point is about 50 ft. west from the western tip of the triangular-shaped eastern "head" of that gallery, whi)
- 16:42, 13 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Shell-Trolley-With-Switch.jpg (This photo, taken in September, 2010, shows a badly rusted shell trolley running along the length of the ceiling of the northern flank shell room of Battery Kellogg, Pit A. The photo looks west from a point about half way along the 68 foot-long room towar)
- 15:53, 13 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Kellogg-End-Looking-N.jpg (This photo, taken in September, 2010, shows a portion of the original (1896) portion of the central magazine galleries that served the Ft. Banks mortar batteries. This portion of the tunnel lies at the Battery Kellogg (east) end of the tunnel system. The)
- 16:29, 12 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Kellogg-B-Looking-SW.jpg (This image, taken in September, 2010, looks southwest from atop the northern wall of Btty Kellogg, Pit B. Originally this pit contained four 12-inch mortars. The filled in mounting pit (now a filled-in circle of concrete) for the northwest mortar is clear)
- 20:24, 4 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:In-Wall-Data-Booth.jpg (This photo, taken in August, 2010, looks northwesterly at the data booth built into the rear wall of mortar Pit B of Battery Kellogg at Ft. Banks, Winthrop, MA. This type of data booth was associated with the earlier mortar pits that were built; later o)
- 15:59, 3 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Cushing-B-Data-Booth.jpg (This example of a freestanding data booth is located in front of Pit B, Battery Cushing, Ft. Andrews, Boston, MA. The wooden stats at left hang in a metal framework and can be slid one by one in and out of the booth. These slats likely carried pieces of s)
- 20:01, 2 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Old-Style-Pit.jpg (This image shows an old-style mortar pit of the Abbot Quad period. Three mortars are shown, and a fourth is likely located just out of frame to the left. Although it appears that only two of the mortars (likely the ones at center and lower left) are invol)
- 15:31, 1 September 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Firing-Switches.jpg (This photo, taken in 2010, shows a switchbox containing the firing circuit switches for the mortars of Pit B, Battery Whitman, Ft. Andrews, Boston, MA. The photo looks toward the northwesterly wall of the pit. Also visible (to the left of and somewhat low)
- 17:21, 31 August 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Whitman-B-From-Above.jpg (This image, taken in early Spring, 2010, looks northwesterly down into Battery Whitman, Pit B, Ft. Andrews, Peddocks Island, Boston, MA. The photo was taken from atop the tall bank next to the mortar pit. It is intended to emphasize the depth of the Ft. A)
- 15:43, 31 August 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Cushing-A-Firing.jpg (This photo, likely dating to the early 1940s, shows Pit A of Battery Cushing at Ft. Andrews firing one of its M1890 mortars. The photo, likely taken originally by the U.S. Coast Artillery, was reprinted from "The Military History of Boston's Harbor Island)
- 19:28, 30 August 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Aliquot-Load.jpg (This image is a portion of Fig. 45, p. 92, of "TM 9-456: Technical Manual 12-Inch Mortar M1890M1...", (U.S.) War Department, Washington (D.C.), October 17, 1942. It shows a so-called aliquot charge of propellant for the 12-inch coast defense mortar. Alth)
- 17:24, 30 August 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:12-Inch-Mortar-M1908.jpg (This U.S. Army photo shows a 12-inch mortar, Model 1908, in Pit A of Battery Whitman, Fort Andrews, Boston, MA. This mortar and its carriage were 1 ton lighter and were more compact than the M1890 and had about the same range as the older weapon. However,)
- 15:48, 30 August 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Types-of-Shells.jpg (This annotated photo is from "The Service of Coast Artillery," by Frank T. Hines and Franklin W. Ward, Goodenough & Woglom Co., New York, 1910, p. 275. It illustrates the relative sizes of selected shells for the 12-inch coast defense mortar (at left), t)
- 20:50, 29 August 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:12-inch-DC-Annotated.jpg (This annotated photo is from "The Service of Coast Artillery," by Frank T. Hines and Franklin W. Ward, Goodenough & Woglom Co., New York, 1910, following p. 112. It shows the 12-inch breech loading rifle, Model 1900 on a 1901 disappearing carriage. This)
- 16:59, 28 August 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Btty-Whitman-As-Designed.jpg (This is a plan of Battery Whitman dated 1897, from the U.S. Army Engineers. It shows the original design of the battery, with four mortar pits of four mortars each, in a rectangular array that was dubbed an "Abbot Quad," after the engineer who first draft)
- 15:06, 28 August 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Btty-Whitman-As-Modified.jpg (This is a plan of Battery Whitman, dated 1921, from the U.S. Army Engineers. It shows how this battery was modified into a "Half Abbot Quad" when its two eastern mortar pits were dropped from the project. Originally designed (in 1897) as a full "Abbot Qu)
- 20:06, 25 August 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:12-inch-in-casemate.jpg (This photo shows an artilleryman standing on the barrel of a 12-inch casemated gun similar to that emplaced at Battery Gardner. Photo is courtesy of the Coast Defense Study Group, www.CSDG.org.)
- 19:40, 25 August 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Gardner-South-and-FCT.jpg (This photo, taken on December 7, 2009, looks northwesterly at the empty casemate of Battery Gardner, Gun 1. The opening of the gun position has been banked with earth to try and stop visitors from entering the casemate. The tower at left rear is a WW2-er)
- 18:30, 22 August 2010 Pgrig talk contribs uploaded File:Banks-Obelisk.jpg (This photo, taken in August, 2010, shows what appears to be an obelisk monument, atop the present-day earthen cover to the west of Btty Kellogg, Pit B (and between that pit and Btty Lincoln Pit B). In fact, this structure is apparently a ventilation shaft)