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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: January 12, 2014
Caption:    4 inch Guns
Additional Description: 1898-1920 - A pair of rapid fire 4-inch guns of the Endicott period were placed on top of the thick concrete emplacement known as Battery White. The principal role of these two smaller guns was to protect the minefield in the river channel. These guns were part of a large and elaborate 341-acre fort system designed to sink heavily armored naval ships.
Submitted: July 24, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p280117
File Size: 1.835 Megabytes

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