Photographs of Fort Hunt

Batteries Robinson & Porter

Battery Robinson (1901 - 1917). N 38°42.937 W077°02.841
Named (5/25/1903) after 1st Lt. Levi H. Robinson, killed 1874 at Laramie Peak, WY.
Once armed with one 5-inch gun on a balanced pillar mount.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. page 88}

Battery Porter (1901 - 1917). N 38°42.900 W077°03.040
A mirror image of Battery Robinson. It also contained one 5-inch gun on a balanced pillar mount.
Named (5/25/1903) after 1st Lt. James E. Porter, killed 1876 at Little Big Horn, MT.

Battery Robinson.	Robinson gun emplacement.
Battery Porter. The Mine Command Station was located next to this battery.	Porter gun emplacement.

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