Talk:List of coastal fortifications of the United States

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An attempt to make a list of all US coastal fortifications. Also I wanted to play with a table. I do not like the title. Your thoughts? Paul, in Saudi (talk) 16:51, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is a great start. I wonder if the table would be more useful if we used a letter in columns for what period the fortification was built instead of the global Established and Deactivated. For example, Fort Richmond at The Narrows entrance to NYC Inner Harbor was first constructed during the Second System, replaced during the Third System, enhanced during the 1870s period, etc. By using a letter in each period it was built, a significant amount of information is provided. I'd be happy to fill in the blanks for the Third System.OldfortJRW (talk) 21:33, 10 November 2014 (UTC)OldFortJRW[reply]

List of Third System forts, towers, batteries[edit]

I don't understand how to do the table, so I'm using this to list the Third System forts, towers, batteries by state. Sorry, I'm not familiar with authoring on Wikipedia yet. Maine: Bucksport - Fort Knox; Popham Beach - Fort Popham; Portland - Fort Gorges, Fort Scammel, Fort Preble; Kittery - Fort McClary New Hampshire: Portsmouth - Fort Constitution Massachusetts: Boston - Fort Independence, Fort Warren, Fort Winthrop (tower with batteries); New Bedford - Fort at Clark's Point (Rodman). Rhode Island: Newport - Fort Adams Connecticut: Groton - Fort Griswold (battery); New London - Fort Trumbull New York: New York City - Fort Schuyler, Fort Totten, Fort Tompkins, Fort Richmond, Fort Hamilton New Jersey: Sandy Hook - Fort at Sandy Hook (Hancock) Delaware: Pea Patch Island (Delaware City) - Fort Delaware Maryland: Baltimore - Fort Carroll, Fort McHenry (batteries) Virginia: Hampton - Fort Monroe, Fort Calhoun (Wool) North Carolina: Beaufort - Fort Macon; Oak Island (Wilmington) - Fort Caswell South Carolina: Charleston - Fort Sumter Florida: Amelia Island (Jacksonville) - Fort Clinch; St. Augustine - Fort Marion (battery); Key West - Fort Taylor, East Martello Tower (tower), West Martello Tower (tower); Dry Tortugas - Fort Jefferson; Pensacola - Fort Pickens, Fort Barrancas, Advanced Redoubt, Fort McRee Alabama: Mobile Point (Mobile) - Fort Morgan, Dauphin Island (Mobile) - Fort Gaines Mississippi: Ship Island (Gulfport) - Fort Massachusetts Louisiana: Pass Rigolets (New Orleans) - Fort Pike; Pass Chef Menteur (NO) - Fort Wood (Macomb); Buras (NO) - Fort Jackson; Grand Terre Island (NO) - Fort Livingston California: San Francisco - Fort Point, Fort Alcatraz, Lime Point Battery (battery), Angel Island Battery (battery), Black Point Battery (battery) OldfortJRW (talk) 22:02, 10 November 2014 (UTC)OldfortJRW ^[1][reply]

References

^ A Legacy in Brick and Stone: American Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System, 1816-1867, by John R. Weaver II, Redoubt Press, 2001

Planning a revision[edit]

I am considering doing a full revision on this page, with a new sortable table that would include which Harbor Defense command a fort was part of for Endicott and later, distinguish between when a fort was disarmed as coast defense and when it was fully deactivated, and note in which periods major armament was added to the fort. Eventually I'm thinking of adding every fort in FortWiki as well as 1st-2nd-3rd systems. I welcome comments. RobDuch (talk) 06:41, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See Harbor Defense Command, which I completely redid, for the type of table I'm thinking of implementing. RobDuch (talk) 04:24, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Replaced page with new page. Please contact me with any comments. RobDuch (talk) 02:04, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[1] A Legacy in Brick and Stone: American Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System, 1816-1867, by John R. Weaver II, Redoubt Press, 2001

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