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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEZO_twin-lights-mystery-cannon_Highlands-NJ.html
During construction of the present lighthouse in 1861, a cannon was found buried on the grounds. It was placed in front of the keeper's house and for a century was the "mystery" cannon of Twin Lights. There are still unanswered questions about the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEZ6_rodman-gun_Highlands-NJ.html
Developed in the Civil War era, this type of 20-inch gun gave the U.S. the largest muzzle-loading cannon ever made. At the same time, however, rifled guns were being developed which made all smoothbore cannon obsolete.
With spin from spiral gro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEZ3_mortar-battery_Highlands-NJ.html
Four mortars occupied a single pit. With twelve other mortars in nearby pits, they were designed to fire simultaneously, lobbing 12-inch, 800-pound shells in high arcs, to penetrate ships' lightly-armored decks. Built in the early 1890's, this was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEZ1_fort-hancock_Highlands-NJ.html
Sandy Hook has been fortified to defend New York Harbor for more than two centuries - first by British Loyalists occupying the Sandy Hook Lighthouse during the American Revolution and the American troops constructed a wooden palisade fort during t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEYY_nike-ajax-explosion-memorial_Highlands-NJ.html
Nike Ajax ExplosionBattery B. 526th Missile BattalionLeonardo, New Jersey
In Memoriam22 May 1958
Sgt. Daniel J. LavengoodSgt. Jerome W. MouldSP3 Walter E. BerrySP3 William I. CochranPFC Donald L. MarshPvt. Nicklos J. Composino
Ord. Corps …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEYS_the-guns-of-sandy-hook_Highlands-NJ.html
The guns and missiles are silent now, most of them gone to scrap metal. But from colonial times until 1974, a series of defenses stood on Sandy Hook to guard New York Harbor. Here, for almost fifty years, the Army tested all its guns. And for eigh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEYJ_the-old-north-tower_Highlands-NJ.html
The Navesink Highlands Light Station originally consisted of two octagonal stone towers 320 feet apart. You are standing directly on the site of the 1828 north tower. Its replacement, completed in 1862, is behind you.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEYI_spermaceti-cove-lifeboat-station_Highlands-NJ.html
In 1848, eight lifeboat stations were built along the New Jersey coast between Sandy Hook and Little Egg Harbor. You are looking at the only surviving structure of the original eight. It was moved here from its Sandy Hook location in 1954 to be pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEYE_marconi-at-twin-lights_Highlands-NJ.html
Messages from the first practical demonstration of wireless telegraph were sent from this site on September 30, 1899 by famous Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi.
Marconi had been invited to America by Gordon Bennett Jr., the owner of the New Y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEYD_telegraph-and-radar-at-twin-lights_Highlands-NJ.html
This was a significant site for more than just the lighthouse. In this strategic location, Marconi demonstrated wireless telegraph, the US Navy established a wireless station and the US Army tested various radar units.
The Navy's Bureau of Equi…