Historic Structure Report, Historical Data: Fort Tilden
Torres L. 1980. Historic Structure Report, Historical Data: Fort Tilden. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Denver, Colorado
Fort Tilden, which was established as a permanent post in the coastal defenses of southern New York in 1917, served, along with Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, New York, as part of the outer network of defenses in the New York City area and its harbor from World War I through the Cold War era. During the years of its active service Fort Tilden reflected the several changes taking place in tactics and technology of modern warfare especially in harbor defenses. The armament that was once installed at Fort Tilden has ranged from the massive sixteen-inch guns of Battery Harris, emplaced in the early 1920s and remodeled in World War 11, to guns of a lesser caliber including mines, and finally to the Nike-Hercules missiles, with and without atomic warheads, installed in underground silos in the late 1950s. In spite of all this defensive preparation, the fort was never called upon in any active engagement against an enemy. The purpose of the study is to provide the basic historical data concerning certain specified structures at Fort Tilden scheduled for preservation.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Torres, Louis
- Date of Issue
- 1980-11
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GATE , NER
- Keywords
- Architecture, coast, Cultural, fort, Fort Tilden, Historic Sites, Historical, History, Military history, seacoast, Structures
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 008383: Fort Tilden - Battery Construction 220 , CRIS-HS: 023523: Fort Tilden - Battery Harris - Bombproof Magazine , CRIS-HS: 008387: Fort Tilden - Battery Harris - Magazine 401 , CRIS-HS: 008391: Fort Tilden - Battery Harris - Magazine 405 , CRIS-HS: 008392: Fort Tilden - Battery Harris - Magazine 409 , CRIS-HS: 008393: Fort Tilden - Battery Harris - Magazine 414 , CRIS-HS: 023521: Fort Tilden - Battery Harris - Power Plant #1Tank , CRIS-HS: 008396: Fort Tilden - Battery Harris - Power Plant #2 Tank , CRIS-HS: 008397: Fort Tilden - Battery Harris - Power Plant #3 , CRIS-HS: 008395: Fort Tilden - Battery Harris East , CRIS-HS: 008394: Fort Tilden - Battery Harris West , CRIS-HS: 008384: Fort Tilden - Battery Kessler , CRIS-HS: 008398: Fort Tilden - Fire Control & Plotting Room , CRIS-HS: 023514: Fort Tilden - Harbor Entrance Command Post , CRIS-HS: 008389: Fort Tilden - Igloo Magazine 403 , CRIS-HS: 008390: Fort Tilden - Igloo Magazine 404 , CRIS-HS: 008408: Fort Tilden - Mine Casemate & Plotting Room , CRIS-HS: 041002: Fort Tilden - Nike Silo 311 , CRIS-HS: 041003: Fort Tilden - Nike Silo 312 , CRIS-HS: 041004: Fort Tilden - Nike Silo 313 , CRIS-HS: 008385: Fort Tilden - Storage Shed 322 , CRIS-HS: 008388: Fort Tilden - Storage Shed 402