Fort Banks

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Fort Banks (1889 - 1966), located in Winthrop, Massachusetts, was originally named Winthrop Military Reservation until 1898. Located here was the combined Battery Lincoln and Battery Kellogg (1896 - 1943). Both are covered and built on. Battery Lincoln was converted to the Boston Harbor HDCP in 1943. Battery Kellogg was excavated in 1990 for use by the local Civil Defense. After 1922 this was the headquarters for Boston's Harbor Defenses. Became a NIKE missile control site in 1955. It is currently the site of a housing complex as well as the William P Gorman/Ft. Banks Elementary School. In the past the underground bunkers were used as a popular Halloween attraction, the Haunted Dungeon.