Two Batteries in one

Two Batteries in one (HMED2)

Location: Pennsville Township, NJ 08070 Salem County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 36.228', W 75° 33.153'

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Battery Harker and Battery Arnold share the continuous 750 foot long parapet wall. Battery Harker (right) contains three 10-inch gun emplacements and Battery Arnold (left) has three 12-inch gun emplacements.

A protective earthwork, the parados, was built behind the gun emplacements to protect the fortification from enemy fire from the rear. Material for the parados was excavated from a moat that was created behind it. From the bank, wheeled scrapers were used to take the material to the top of the pardos. The embankment is twenty feet wide across the top and runs the entire length of the parapet wall (750 feet). Two latrines, or "earth closets", with concrete walls were built into the parados for use for use by the soldiers manning the battery area.

In addition to the protection the parados offered, the moat would slow down a rear enemy assault on foot.
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HM NumberHMED2
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Placed ByState of New Jersey
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Date Added Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 12:15pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 452562 N 4383930
Decimal Degrees39.60380000, -75.55255000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 36.228', W 75° 33.153'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 36' 13.68" N, 75° 33' 9.18" W
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Area Code(s)609, 856
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 454 Fort Mott Rd, Pennsville Township NJ 08070, US
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