Artillery Hill - Main Line Guns
Battery Randol
Type: Barbette Gun
Size: 2 – 10″ Diameter
Constructed: 1898-1900
Named after: Brevet (Temp) Brig. General Randol Civil war
Gun Weight: 72 tons
Shell Weight: 617 pounds
Range: 9.2 miles
Removed: 1918/1941
Battery Quarles
Type: Barbette Gun
Size: 3 – 10″ Diameter
Constructed: 1898-1900
Named after: Capt August Quarles, US Army Infantry died in action in Mexico, 1847
Gun Weight: 72 tons
Shell Weight: 617 pounds
Range: 9.2 miles
Removed: 1918/1941
Battery Ash
Type: Barbette Gun
Size: 3 – 12″ Diameter
Constructed: 1898-1900
Named after: Brevet (Temp.) Col. Joseph Ash, US Calvary died in action 1864
Gun Weight: 110 tons
Shell Weight: 1070 pounds
Range: 9.8 miles
Removed: 1942
Battery Benson
Type: Disappearing Gun
Size: 2 – 10″ Diameter
Constructed: 1904-1906
Named after: Captain Henry Benson, died in action in 1862
Gun Weight: 177.7 tons
Shell Weight: 617 pounds
Range: 9.2 miles
Rate of Fire: 1 round every 45 seconds
Removed: 1943
Mortars
Mortar Brannan
Type: Mortar
Size: 4 – 12″ Diameter
Constructed: 1899-1901
There were two mortars to each area, Two areas to each for a total of eight mortars – word this better!!!!
Brevet Major General John Brannon, served in Mexico & Civil Wars
Gun Weight: 78 tons
Shell Weight: 700 pounds
Range: 8.3 miles
Removed: 1942
Mortar Powell
Type: Mortar
Size: 4 – 12″ Diameter
Constructed: 1899-1901
There were two mortars to each area, Two areas to each for a total of eight mortars – word this better!!!!
update this Named after: Major James Powell, Missouri Volunteers died in action in 1862
Gun Weight: 78 tons
Shell Weight: 700 pounds
Range: 8.3 miles
Removed: 1942
