— Fort Pickens —
On the brink of war with Spain after the USS "Maine" battleship was sunk in Havana Harbor, Cuba, in February 1898, the U.S. Army installed a minefield in the Pensacola Harbor entrance. Leaving a 1000-foot opening, the Corps of Engineers placed two booms—across the channel from Santa Rosa Island and Period Key. Buoyant and underwater mines were laid behind the booms. A searchlight swept the minefield. The system remained in force until a major hurricane damaged facilities in 1926, and the U.S. Navy took over Pensacola's underwater defenses.| HM Number | HM1INV |
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| Placed By | The National Park Service, Department of the Interior |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, January 3rd, 2015 at 5:01pm PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16R E 472071 N 3355211 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 30.32840000, -87.29053333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 30° 19.704', W 87° 17.432' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 30° 19' 42.24" N, 87° 17' 25.92" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 850 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1402-1404 Fort Pickens Rd, Pensacola Beach FL 32561, US |
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