Battery Potter

Battery Potter (HMF04)

Location: Highlands, NJ 07732 Monmouth County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 28.002', W 74° 0.143'

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The army operated its first and only lift gun battery here from 1893 to 1906. Inside its cavernous galleries, two 12-inch guns could be raised to the surface for firing and lowered for loading and servicing. Concealed and protected from enemy fire, Potter's rifled artillery could hammer battleships eight miles away.

The Lift Guns

Giant boilers fired, building up steam to power the guns' hydraulic lifts. Half-ton projectiles brought from the magazine by rail cart are hoisted to the second floor loading area. The elevators raise the guns through the holes in the roof to the firing position. Total time for loading, ascending, firing and descending averaged more than six minutes. This was no match for the 30-second firing style of the disappearing guns installed in 1907 at nearby Battery Granger.
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HM NumberHMF04
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Placed ByNational Park Service
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Date Added Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 12:07am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 584574 N 4480036
Decimal Degrees40.46670000, -74.00238333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 28.002', W 74° 0.143'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 28' 0.12" N, 74° 0' 8.58" W
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Area Code(s)732
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4 Hudson Rd, Highlands NJ 07732, US
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