Conanicut Battery
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| Location | Jamestown, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°28′49″N 71°23′38″W / 41.48028°N 71.39389°WCoordinates: 41°28′49″N 71°23′38″W / 41.48028°N 71.39389°W |
| Built | 1776 |
| Governing body | Local |
| NRHP Reference # | 73000055 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 2, 1973 |
The Conanicut Battery is a colonial and 20th century military battery in Jamestown, Rhode Island, west of Beaver Tail Road. The site offers a commanding view of the West Passage of Narragansett Bay. During the American Revolutionary War, local militia constructed an earthen battery on the site. When the British occupied Jamestown later that year, they took the site over, occupying the space until August 1778 with the arrival of a French fleet. Its principal surviving feature is an earthworks measuring about 150 feet (46 m) long and 75 feet (23 m) wide. The site is marked by a plaque placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1931.[2] During the early 20th century the U.S. military built large underground defensive batteries.
The site added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1] The Friends of the Conanicut Battery now maintain the site.
See also
References and external links
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Conanicut Battery". Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
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