Battery Harvey Allen
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Sign inside Battery Harvey Allen at Cape Disappointment S.P., Washington.
Waymark Code: WM10KN
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2006
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This sign is located inside at middle gun emplacement of Battery Harvey Allen below the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center.
Marker Name: Battery Harvey Allen
Marker Text: In 1905, the Army constructed Battery Harvy Allen and Battery Elijah O’Flyng as part of the modernized defenses of Fort Canby. At Battery Allen, each of the three emplacements contained a 6-inch guy mounted on a disappearing carriage. The carriage design used levers, hydraulics and a counterweight to move the gun above and below the wall.
When the U.S. entered World War I, the buns of Battery Allen were dismounted in anticipation of their use on European battlefields. Later the guns of Battery O’Flyng were dismounted and remounted at Battery Allen.