Author: Charles ElletPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armored vessels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Coast and Harbour Defenses
Author: Charles ElletPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armored vessels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
American Coastal Defenses 1885–1950
Author: Terrance McGovernPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782000615
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
In the late-19th century, with the advances in technology and the increase in America's economic stature, a new round of fortification building began in the United States and its overseas territories. Locations such as Portland, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Charlestown, Savannah, Key West, Los Angeles and San Francisco were all extensively fortified. This book provides a concise introduction to the design, development and purpose of American coastal defenses in the "modern" era (1885–1950), a period defined by the use of concrete, steel, and powerful breech-loading rifles. It covers the emplacements, weaponry, equipment, and people that defended their country in times of great change and uncertainty.
American Coastal Defenses 1885–1950
Author: Terrance McGovernPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849080437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
In the late-19th century, with the advances in technology and the increase in America's economic stature, a new round of fortification building began in the United States and its overseas territories. Locations such as Portland, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Charlestown, Savannah, Key West, Los Angeles and San Francisco were all extensively fortified. This book provides a concise introduction to the design, development and purpose of American coastal defenses in the "modern" era (1885–1950), a period defined by the use of concrete, steel, and powerful breech-loading rifles. It covers the emplacements, weaponry, equipment, and people that defended their country in times of great change and uncertainty.
Harbor Defenses of San Francisco
Author: Matthew W. KentPublisher: Matthew W. Kent
ISBN: 1615841636
Category : Coast defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Coast and Harbour Defenses
Author: Charles Ellet, JrPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781355687672
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
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Coast and Harbour Defenses
Author: Charles ElletPublisher:
ISBN: 9780371812730
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
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A Treatise on Coast-defence
Author: Viktor Ernst Karl Rudolf von SchelihaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coast defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Defending America's Coasts, 1775-1950
Author: Dale E. FloydPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coast defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Tactics of Coast Defense
Author: John Philip WisserPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coast defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
New York City's Harbor Defenses
Author: Leo PolaskiPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738512334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The great seaport of New York, one of the largest and busiest natural harbors in the world, was defended for nearly four centuries by a series of more than sixty coastal fortifications. These fortifications were occupied by the Dutch, then the British, and finally, the Americans, who after winning their independence, needed to protect the country they had established. New York City's Harbor Defenses, with more than two hundred vintage photographs, reveals the unusual history of these coastal and island forts and tells of the men and women who served at them during peacetime and while the country was at war. Most of these fortifications are no longer active, but they can still be visited. Gone are the mighty guns, some of which could fire a twenty-four-hundred-pound shell a distance of twenty-six miles. Many of the buildings constructed during national emergencies have been leveled, and the millions of soldiers who lived, trained, and served their country there are absent. This visual history shows what once were the extensive fortifications that defended New York City's harbor.