Battery Emory

One of eight Endicott batteries in Fort Washington Park

NPS/Claire Hassler

Quick Facts

Location:

Fort Washington Park, Maryland

OPEN TO PUBLIC:

No

Amenities

1 listed

Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits

In 1885, Secretary of War William C. Endicott recommended a new system of seacoast defense that employed heavy steel breech-loading rifled guns, large mortars, rapid fire guns and underwater mines. 

Named for Major General William H. Emory, U.S. Volunteers, a distinguished soldier in the Mexican War and the Civil War.

Construction started: 1869
Completed:1897
Cost:  $91,432
Armament: Two 6" guns