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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW8_cold-war-legacy-missiles-to-marine-mammals-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
The Marine Mammal Center is built on the site of the former Nike Missile Launch Area, SF 87L. In the 1950s, the army constructed two batteries in the Marin Headlands equipped with surface-to-are missiles, one near Fort Cronkhite and a second acros…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW1_battery-alexander-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
Battery Alexander, fully armed by 1906, mounted eight 12-inch mortars designed to fire shells in a high arc - up and then down onto the decks of enemy battleships. Low-trajectory gunfire from nearby batteries, aimed close to the enemy's waterline,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW0_nike-missile-site-sf88-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
By 1945, the age of aerial warfare had fully arrived and the U.S. Army sought a weapon that could intercept enemy aircraft. In 1951, after years of research and development, a supersonic missile controlled by ground-based electronic equipment was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XV8_the-golden-gate-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
Providing a narrow entrance to the west coast's most defensible harbor, the strategic value of the Golden Gate is readily apparent. Between 1776 and 1846, Spanish, then Mexican, guns defended the harbor entrance. Starting in 1846, American soldier…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XV7_battery-construction-no-129-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
Never named because it was never finished, this battery was designed for the biggest, most powerful guns ever used by the United States military - 16-inch caliber weapons that fired 2,100-pound shells and could hit ships 26 miles out to sea. Const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XV2_construction-129-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
Despite its imposing appearance, Construction 129 was never used - or even completed. It was to have been armed with 2 guns having massive, 16" diameter barrels. Each weapon weighed almost 1,000,000 pounds and could accurately fire a 2,100 pound s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XM7_sausalito-ferry-terminals-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
Three plaques provide an historical overview of the the Sausalito ferry terminals. c. 1890 In 1907 the rail system in Sausalito was expanded to consolidate facilities so that interurban trains could operate only from Sausalito. From the ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XM0_william-richardson-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
In 1822, English-born Richardson arrived in San Francisco Bay on the whaler "Orion." After his baptism at Mission Dolores, he married Maria Antonia Martinez, daughter of the Commandante of the Presidio. In 1835, he founded Pueblo Yerba Buena, late…
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