Fort Hancock-Coastal Defenses of Sandy Hook - Highlands NJ
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Don.Morfe
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Fort Hancock-Sandy Hook has been fortified to defend New York Harbor for more than two centuries. By the 1890s, concrete gun batteries were constructed to defend against long-range naval cannon.
Waymark Code: WM17A0N
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2023
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TEXT ON THE HISTORICAL MARKER
Fort Hancock-Coastal Defenses of Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook has been fortified to defend New York Harbor for more than two centuries – first by British Loyalists occupying the Sandy Hook Lighthouse during the American Revolution and the American troops constructed a wooden palisade fort during the War of 1812.
By the 1890s, concrete gun batteries were constructed to defend against long-range naval cannon. The batteries were continually improved and remained operational through World War II. Nike missiles, placed here in the 1950s, were the final descendants of the coastal defenses built on Sandy Hook.
Group that erected the marker: National Park Service
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Cainfield Road
In Fort Hancock - Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area.
Highlands , NJ United States
07732
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