Battery Winchester

N 39°12.564 W076°32.043

Battery Winchester contained one 12-inch disappearing gun. Named after
Brigadier General James Winchester, who was taken prisoner in 1813 in Michigan.
There is a power generator room under this battery.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. page 138}

Gun emplacement.

FC/BC/Met Station.

Mine Casemate

N 39°12.608 W076°32.081

Site of the Mine Casemate.

Entrance to the casemate.

Miscellaneous

Current pier at the site of the original. (pier removed - wharf undergoing renovation late 2005)	Site of Hawkins Point Lighthouse (now Brewerton Range Light). N 39°12.474 W076°31.957 (USCGS)
A Cable Terminal Hut near the Mine Casemate.	Coal chute behind Winchester's power room.

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