Documentation for the 2024 CDSG Special Tour: RCWs, RCBs, Inspection reports, Battery Construction correspondance, enginerr notebook, maps, a history of the Tampa Bay defenses, all in a zip file. Click the link to download and save to your computer.
FORT DADE / Egmont Key / 1899-(1928)/ state park (1989) / MD, MC /K
unnamed/2/ 8″/ Rod /1899-1900/guns to McIntosh, Mellon built over this battery
McIntosh/2/ 8″/ DC /1900-1923/damaged by surf
Howard/2/ 6″/ DC /190?-1926/damaged by surf erosion
Burchsted/2/ 6″/A/1899-1919/guns & carr. to Ft. DeSoto 1980, broken up in the gulf
&/1/ 3″/ MP /1904-1920/broken up in the gulf
Mellon/3/ 3″/ MP /1904-1920
Page/2/ 3″/ P /1910-1919/broken up in the gulf
FORT DE SOTO / Mullet Key / 1901-(1928) /County Park (1963) / KK
Laidley /8/12″/ M /1902-1921/4 mortars Still Emplaced, battery being restored
Bigelow /2/ 3″/ MP /1904-1920/ broken up in the gulf
“modern display”/ 2 – 6” / A / guns on display from Ft. Dade, Burchsted
unnamed / 4-155mm/ PM / 1942-1944/ Passa Grill Beach, Temp. HD of Tampa
Other Florida sites ?
unnamed / 2-155 mm/ PM / 1943-1944/ Temp. HD of Panama City, FL
unnamed / 2-155 mm/ PM / NA/ Port St. Joe, FL
Tampa Bay, FL: 1921 Maps PDF (117K) 4 pages $0.20
