Fort Dupont
Download Fort Dupont full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Fort Dupont ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
| Author | : Brendan Mackie |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780738588070 |
Fort DuPont is named in honor of Rear Adm. Samuel Francis Du Pont and located on the Reeden Point tract, land initially granted to Henry Ward in 1675. Fort DuPont originated during the Civil War as a heavily armed earthwork fortification. In 1864, Sgt. Bishop Crumrine wrote, "these guns command the channel and could blow to atoms any vessel rash enough to attempt to pass." In the decades to follow, the battery at Delaware City was gradually modernized into a formidable military post that remained active through World War II. Declared surplus, the site reopened in 1948 as the Governor Bacon Health Center. By 1996, over 300 acres were reestablished as Fort DuPont State Park.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Fort Dupont Park (Washington, D.C.) |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 56 |
| Release | : 1938 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Erin Gifford |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2022-08-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1493064215 |
From strolling the gentle dunes of Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to hunting for fossils at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland to curiously ogling the knobby knees of the bald cypress trees in the freshwater swamps at First Landing State Park in Virginia, there's a lot to love about the easy-going coastal trails in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. This book covers 50 hikes in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia with hike sections divided by state. Readers will meet wild ponies on the Island Nature Trail in Chincoteague, Virginia and hike to the 35-foot-tall Turkey Point Lighthouse that dates back to 1833 at Elk Neck State Park in Maryland for inspiring views across the Chesapeake Bay from atop a 100-foot-bluff. Hikes will highlight birding and wildlife viewing hotspots, local history and heritage, and bucket-list outdoor gems.
| Author | : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 1546 |
| Release | : 1906 |
| Genre | : Engineering |
| ISBN | : |
Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .
| Author | : United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 1590 |
| Release | : 1906 |
| Genre | : Engineering |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 1548 |
| Release | : 1906 |
| Genre | : Engineering |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Dr. Gary Wray |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2006-01-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1439617147 |
Fort Miles is in Cape Henlopen State Park near historic Lewes and the site of Delawares first Dutch settlement. Named for Gen. Nelson Appleton Miles, this powerful seacoast fortification was built during World War II to defend the vital industries of the Delaware Valley. Included in this volume are rare vintage photographs of the forts heavy artillery, hundreds of 3,000-pound sea mines, and radar systems that searched the nearby ocean for the enemy surface fleet. Its powerful 12- and 16-inch guns could reach out between 15 and 25 miles to attack an adversary. Today, the fort is being reborn as one of the best World War II museums in the country; it is housed in a real World War II bunker and includes the barracks complex and fire control towers.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 506 |
| Release | : 1932 |
| Genre | : Artillery |
| ISBN | : |
