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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEK6_switchboard-room-plotting-room_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Switchboard RoomA central Switchboard room is where all the important communications emanated. By means of this switchboard, all base lines were made interchangeable. A distribution switchboard was installed in a switchboard room as a standard pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEK5_generator-room_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
The forts electrical plant was placed in a room sixteen feet by thirty feet in the west end of the main battery. The original plans for generating electrical power at the battery used a coal fired steam system. Two 25 kilowatt General Electric dyn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEJS_the-wharf_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
The construction of a fortification the size of Fort Mott required the delivery of a large amount of materials and equipment. The river provided an excellent "highway" and the government constructed a wharf to receive the construction materials. E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEJR_the-latrines_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Two latrines were built within the parados for soldiers assigned to the gun batterys. The bathrooms each had several toilets for enlisted men, a private stall for officers and a large cast-iron urinal.
Toilets were similar to our modern flush t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEJP_battery-commanders-station_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
After the two 5-inch guns were removed in 1917, an observation station was built over one of the original gun emplacements. This structure, the battery commander's station for Battery Arnold, was made of reinforced concrete at a cost of $850.00. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEJO_ammunition-hoist_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Emplacement #1 magazine had a capacity of 494 rounds in cases and 96 rounds in rack or total of 590 rounds.
Ammunition was served to this passageway by two endless chain hoists with hooks. The hoists were connected by belts to small motors. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEJL_battery-krayenbuhl_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Named in honor of Captain Maurice Krayenbuhl, who was killed in action near Meycausyan, Philippine Islands in March 1899. Battery Krayenbuhl's two 5-inch rapid fire guns on the right flank of the heavy caliber battery, in conjunction with the rapi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEE4_battery-krayenbuhls-5-inch-rapid-fire-guns_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
The 5-inch gun platforms, finished in the summer of 1899, had to be changed to conform to changes in the type of gun mount to be installed. The platforms had to be cut down approximately one foot, and the new platform was ready by December 2, 1899…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEE2_peace-magazine-1904_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
A Special emphasis was placed on keeping the interiors of the defensive magazines under the various batteries dry. According to an excerpt from, "Reports on 5-inch Guns, Fort Dupont and Fort Mott, December, 1900, Operations" which references Batte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEE0_battery-edwards_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Named in honor of Captain Robert Edwards, who was killed in action near Frenchtown, Michigan in 1813. Battery Edwards has two casemates for 3-inch rapid fire guns, and was partially constructed using two magazines from the 1872 fortification. The …