Battery Wilkes is a historic artillery battery located at West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1862, as a part of the western exterior defense line. It is a small earthen redoubt has a 10-foot-high parapet wall and a 15-foot-high powder magazine.[2][3]
Battery Wilkes | |
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| Location | St. Andrew's Parish, West Ashley, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 32°47′38″N 80°3′56″W / 32.79389°N 80.06556°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1862 |
| MPS | Civil War Defenses of Charleston TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001516[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 21, 1982 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "Battery Wilkes" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Battery Wilkes, Charleston County (St. Andrew's Parish)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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