Battery Cooper -- Fort Pickens, Pensacola Beach, FL
N 30° 19.234 W 087° 16.945
16R E 472849 N 3354341
The historic marker at the access point to Battery Cooper at Fort Pickens
Waymark Code: WMX896
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2017
Views: 3
This marker is located along Fort Pickens Road at the public path to access Battery Cooper.
The sign reads as follows:
"BATTERY COOPER
SHOOT AND DUCK
Battery Cooper’s rifles popped up, disappeared, and reappeared like a jack-in-the-box. The battery, built in 1906, had two 6-inch rifles mounted on disappearing carriages. When the guns were fired, the recoil automatically lowered them behind the concrete wall which protected the crews while they reloaded the guns. Counterweights return them to the firing position. During roll war one, the U.S. Army removed the guns for possible use as railway guns in France. The gun you see here today came from the Smithsonian Institution."
Marker Number: 0000
Date: 1980
County: Escambia
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: US National Park Service
Website: [Web Link]
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