Near Pensacola Beach in Escambia County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Battery Cooper

Shoot and Duck

— Fort Pickens —

Battery Cooper Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 31, 2014

1. Battery Cooper Marker

Inscription.
Battery Cooper's rifles popped up, disappeared, and reappeared like a jack-in-the-box. The battery, built in 1906, had two 6-inch rifles mounted on disappearing carriages. When the guns were fired, the recoil automatically lowered them behind the concrete wall, which protected the crews while they reloaded the guns. Counterweights returned them to the firing position. During World War I the U.S. Army removed the guns for possible use as railway guns in France. The guns you see today came from the Smithsonian Institution.

Erected by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, World I. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.

Location. 30° 19.26′ N, 87° 16.938′ W. Marker is near Pensacola Beach, Florida, in Escambia County. It can be reached from Fort Pickens Road 9½ miles Pensacola Beach Boulevard (State Road 399). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Fort Pickens Road, Gulf Breeze FL 32561, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pensacola

and on the Florida Panhandle.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Battery 234 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Battery Worth (approx. ¼ mile away); William Bartram Trail (approx. 0.3 miles away); Chasefield Plantation Cemetery

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Apache Prisoners (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fort within a Fort (approx. 0.7 miles away); Converting a Cannon (approx. 0.7 miles away); Deadly Explosion (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pensacola Beach.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Captain Richard G. Bradford (was approx. 0.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Regarding Battery Cooper. Completed in 1906, Battery Cooper mounted two 6-inch guns on disappearing carriages. During World War I, the guns were removed for use on railway mounts in France. In 1937, four emplacements for 155mm guns were constructed around Battery Cooper and designated Battery GPF, remaining part of the Harbor Defense Project until the spring of 1945 when it was disarmed.

Also see . . . Fort Wiki article. (Submitted on January 2, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Battery Cooper image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 31, 2014

2. Battery Cooper

Replaced 6-inch rifle coastal gun image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 31, 2014

3. Replaced 6-inch rifle coastal gun

Fort Pickens entrance sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 1, 2015

4. Fort Pickens entrance sign

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 2, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 673 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 2, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.