1872 Construction

1872 Construction (HMEKA)

Location: Pennsville Township, NJ 08070 Salem County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 36.29', W 75° 33.28'

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Battery Control Station No. 2

The original 1872 plans specified that eleven gun emplacements with twenty guns and a mortar battery with six emplacements were to be built. Only two gun emplacements and two magazines were ever completed, the magazines are still visible to your left.

The battery control station for Battery Arnold, a fifty-five foot high steel tower, was built in 1902 and turned over to the artillery on May 27, 1902. This tower was outfitted with a single ten by ten foot observation room. It was used to assist fort personnel in aiming the 12-inch guns. In later years it was also used for the control of the 10-inch guns at Battery Harker.
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HM NumberHMEKA
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Placed ByState of New Jersey
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Date Added Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 4:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 452381 N 4384046
Decimal Degrees39.60483333, -75.55466667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 36.29', W 75° 33.28'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 36' 17.40" N, 75° 33' 16.80" W
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Area Code(s)609, 856
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 454 Fort Mott Rd, Pennsville Township NJ 08070, US
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