Chile's Coast Defenses to Guard Seacoast Cities Amid Navy Growth
Washington reports emphasis on land fortifications and coast defenses as the United States expands its navy. Plans show 44 16 inch, 203 12 inch, 222 10 inch, and 102 8 inch guns plus mortars. Progress includes Watertown arsenal upgrades, forging orders, and gun carriage development for rapid deployment at seacoast forts.
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Chile
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Coast defenses shaped by steel guns and new factories
The report highlights progress in coastal defense with army ordnance supplying guns carriages and ammunition while the engineering department erects batteries at New York Boston San Francisco Hampton Roads and Washington. It notes delays but argues the shift from iron to steel has accelerated, cites private firms like California Powder Works Dupont Bethlehem and Midvale aiding production, and calls for a Pacific coast gun factory to match Atlantic capacity.
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Watervliet Arsenal
New York
Ordnance Department
Army
Engineer Department
Boston
San Francisco
Hampton Roids
Washington
Gimene Aricen
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Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Army Ordnance Deparent
Ecoelmaker
Army Ordnance Department
Army Gun Factory
California Powder Works
Dupont Powder Works
Bethlehem Tron Company
Midvale Steel Works
South Boston Iron Works
Builders’ Iron Foundry
West Point Foundry
Thomson & Houston Electric
Pacific
Congress
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
General Flagler
General Benet
Watervliet
Iron Foundry
Providence
R. L
Morgan Engineering Works
Alliance
Ohese
Cunet
Seacoast
Trials at Sandy Hook Show Land Batteries Dominate Sea Defense
Trials at Sandy Hook demonstrate powerful coastal defense weapons effective on land and unstable on ships. Within five miles of shore, high angle fire yields high hit rates on deck targets, with bow on at 330 by 60 feet. One mile ranges produce 92 and 43 percent hits for different target orientations. Heavily armored decks can be pierced, and future shells will include 1000 pound steel casings with bursting charges.
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Sandy Hook
Safe Deposit Vaults ad from German National Bank
An advertisement urges readers to rent a box in the Fire and Burglar Proof Safe Deposit Vaults at German National Bank on Wood Street and Sixth Avenue. It promises security for valuables at low cost with the key kept by the renter.
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Wood Street
Sixth Avenue
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