Fort Banks Mortar Battery
Fort Banks Mortar Battery is a historic mortar battery on Kennedy Drive in Winthrop, Massachusetts that was part of the old Fort Banks. It was originally built in 1892 and named for the Civil War general and congressman Nathaniel P. Banks It consisted of four concrete pits, arranged in a square, each of which had four 12-inch (305 mm) mortars which could throw an 800 pound (350 kg) shell 9 miles (14 km) to sea. The combination was known as an Abbott Quad. Because a mortar throws a shell in a very high arc, they could be mounted in pits, invisible to the ship which was the target, and therefore very hard for an attacker to silence. The powder charge, which was a bag loaded separately from the shell, weighed 65 pounds (30 kg).
primaryTopic
Fort Banks Mortar Battery
Fort Banks Mortar Battery is a historic mortar battery on Kennedy Drive in Winthrop, Massachusetts that was part of the old Fort Banks. It was originally built in 1892 and named for the Civil War general and congressman Nathaniel P. Banks It consisted of four concrete pits, arranged in a square, each of which had four 12-inch (305 mm) mortars which could throw an 800 pound (350 kg) shell 9 miles (14 km) to sea. The combination was known as an Abbott Quad. Because a mortar throws a shell in a very high arc, they could be mounted in pits, invisible to the ship which was the target, and therefore very hard for an attacker to silence. The powder charge, which was a bag loaded separately from the shell, weighed 65 pounds (30 kg).
has abstract
Fort Banks Mortar Battery is a ...... of a residential neighborhood.
@en
added
2007-03-12
area (m2)
1.092651234048e+4
location
NRHP Reference Number
Wikipage page ID
17,621,923
Wikipage revision ID
726,967,083
year of construction
architect
Abbot, Col. Henry; Mansfield, Lt. Col. Samuel L., etal
Caption
Fort Banks, Mortar Pit B, 2009
coord display
coord parameters
region:US_type:landmark
governing body
lat degrees
lat direction
lat minutes
lat seconds
locmapin
Massachusetts#USA
long degrees
long direction
long minutes
long seconds
subject
hypernym
point
42.38430555555556 -70.98027777777777
comment
Fort Banks Mortar Battery is a ...... ll, weighed 65 pounds (30 kg).
@en
label
Fort Banks Mortar Battery
@en
lat
4.238430555555556e+1
long
-7.098027777777777e+1
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Fort Banks Mortar Battery
@en