| Fort Smallwood Park | |
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Battery Hartshorne, Fort Smallwood Park, December 2009 |
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| Location | Anne Arundel County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Nearest city | Pasadena, Maryland |
| Established | 1928 |
| Governing body | Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
Fort Smallwood Park is a county park in northeastern Anne Arundel County near Pasadena, Maryland. It is located on the Patapsco River and on April 1, 2006 became a regional park in the Anne Arundel County Park System. On September 19, 2009 County Executive John R. Leopold officially dedicated the 380-foot (120 m) fishing pier at Fort Smallwood Park "Bill Burton Fishing Pier". The previous pier was destroyed in 2003 by Hurricane Isabel. It provides a view of the Sparrows Point plant of Mittal Steel Company.[1]
From 1896 to 1928, it was an Endicott Period Coastal Fort named for Revolutionary War Maj. Gen. William Smallwood who later became governor of Maryland. From 1928 to 2006, it was a city park of Baltimore. [2]
It is the location of Battery Hartshorne, named on November 18, 1902 in honor of Captain Benjamin M. Hartshorne, Jr., 7th U. S. Infantry, who was killed January 2, 1902, in action with insurgents near Lanang, Samar, Philippine Islands during the Philippine–American War. Two 6-inch disappearing carriage guns were mounted here from 1900 to 1927.[3]
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