CDSG Press Book Reprints
Notes on Seacoast Fortification Construction
By Col. Eben E. Winslow
originally published in 1920
reprinted by the CDSG Press, Bel Air, MD 1994 (428-pages, hard-cover).
Winslow’s book is the most comprehensive reference work on the construction techniques and gun emplacement details of Endicott and Taft period seacoast fortifications. The 29 drawings that accompanied the original monograph have been slightly reduced and are bound together as a separate soft cover volume.
Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I – Historical
- Chapter II – Administration
- Chapter III – Armor and Armament
- Chapter IV- Material Used in Emplacement Construction
- Chapter V- Ammuntion Supply, Storage and Service
- Chapter VI – Batteries and Emplacements General Design
- Chapter VII – Emplacement Details
- Chapter VIII – Mortar Batteries
- Chapter IX – Dryness, Heating and Ventilation
- Chapter X – Blast Effects
- Chapter XI – Uses of Electricity in Fortifications
- Chapter XII – Fire Control
- Chapter XIII – Night Illumination of Battlefields
- Chapter XI – Submarine Mining
- Chapter XII – Summary