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The Forts Ferry Crossing (formerly Delaware City–Salem Ferry and Three Forts Ferry Crossing) is a ferry system on the Delaware River that serves Forts DuPont and Delaware in Delaware and Fort Mott in Pennsville Township, New Jersey. It is operated by the Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA). The ferry operates on weekends from the last ...
Zoom out if map is blank. Forts Ferry Crossing (April–September) Fort DuPont State Park, Delaware and Fort Mott, New Jersey: Zoom out if map is blank. Exelon Transmission Line: Red Lion–Hope Creek 500 kV AC power line
This is a list of historical forts in the United States. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included.
Fort Delaware State Park is a center of historic Civil War interpretation. Award winning reenactors provide a glimpse into the past of Pea Patch Island. [6] Visitors to the park may have the chance to watch a blacksmith at work, take part in the firing of a gunpowder charge of an 8-inch (20 cm) Columbiad gun or assist a laundress at work.
Opened in 1945. Started as a Boy Scout resident camp for the Fitchburg Area Council, owned by a Trust with reservations for Scout camping and activities through the Heart of New England Council. Camp Squanto: Mayflower Council: Plymouth, MA: Active: Located in the Myles Standish State Forest near Plymouth, Massachusetts. Camp Ted: Chesterfield ...
The ferry first entered service in 1853, [3] and it is the oldest ferry service still operating in Florida. [4] It was operated as a military ferry by the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. [5] The current ferry began operation in 1914, [6] and is one of four still operating in the state of Florida. [4]
Some of these early forts and batteries are the oldest standing masonry forts in the new world. Later forts constructed by the royal engineers were much larger and more complex. Fort St. Catherine; The Martellos (Towers)/Ferry Reach; King's Castle; Fort Victoria, Bermuda
In June 1863, the fort was briefly occupied during the Gettysburg campaign by the Federal XII Corps under Major General Henry Slocum. Fort Evans guarded the approaches to Edwards Ferry, which was at the time the site of two pontoon bridges. The fort played an uneventful, but important role securing the river crossing site.