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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM521_the-mortar-battery_Fort-Washington-MD.html
Named Battery Meigs, these two pits contained eight large 12-inch mortars. Each huge mortar was capable of hurling a 700-pound projectile in a high arc. The simultaneous firing of all eight would insure a clustered group of shells falling on the d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51Z_firepower-on-the-potomac_Fort-Washington-MD.html
(Left Panel):Three pair of these large 10-inch caliber disappearing guns were the key feature of the 1890s river defense system. Each weapon could direct its 650-pound projectile at enemy ships within a seven-mile range. Battery Humphries is one o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51X_new-guns-for-an-old-fort_Fort-Washington-MD.html
Remnants of former gun emplacements are the reminders of the three generations of armaments that occupied this V-shaped Water Battery. Each generation reflects the latest technologies and precision in the manufacture of armaments.
1830 - The f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51U_the-water-battery_Fort-Washington-MD.html
Strategically placed, this permanent section of the fort was the lowest level of the three tiers of guns. The Water Battery was designed to deliver "water-skipping" cannonade directed at the hulls of enemy ships.
The simple V-shaped design has…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51S_caponiere_Fort-Washington-MD.html
During the 1840s improvements were made to this wall, defensively the weakest part of the fort. The parapet was raised and an outer work, called a caponiere, was added. The protected passageway on your left will lead you to the outerwork that moun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51O_the-cisterns_Fort-Washington-MD.html
A reliable supply of drinking water for the garrison was a priority at Fort Washington. Three wells dug early in the fort's construction proved inadequate.
By 1823, four cisterns were installed to store rainwater. Located underground at each en…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51K_counterscarp-battery_Fort-Washington-MD.html
Along the outer wall of the ditch you see the counterscarp battery, named for its location on the "counterscarp," or outer wall, of the dry ditch.
This structure sheltered troops who could direct musketry toward the river or into the ditch itse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51I_minefields_Fort-Washington-MD.html
Minefields were an important part of the Endicott System of defense at the turn of the century. You are standing on the site that controlled the minefield operation.
Groups of underwater mines anchored in the river downstream from the fort coul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51G_shot-and-shell_Fort-Washington-MD.html
Fort Washington's solid masonry walls offered good protection against shot from smoothbore cannon of the early 19th century.
When rifled artillery was introduced in the late 1850s and used during the Civil War, effectiveness of masonry structur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51E_water-battery_Fort-Washington-MD.html
Construction of this inverted V-shaped outerwork began in 1814. Traces of its shape are visible today. Surrounded by a dry ditch, the Water Battery mounted 24-pounder guns that provided an additional level of firepower to the fort.
The Water Ba…