User contributions for Pgrig

19 February 2012

• 15:4915:49, 19 February 2012 diff hist +67‎ File:12-in-Disappearing-Carriage-1896.jpg ‎No edit summary
• 15:4615:46, 19 February 2012 diff hist +207‎ File:12-in-Disappearing-Carriage-1896.jpg ‎ improved the description

4 February 2012

• 14:1314:13, 4 February 2012 diff hist −110‎ m File:12-inch-in-casemate.jpg ‎ This bot move has been checked

9 December 2011

• 19:1819:18, 9 December 2011 diff hist +34‎ m File:Yorktown13inmortars1862.jpg ‎ add 1st CT Arty association

24 October 2011

• 15:1615:16, 24 October 2011 diff hist +120‎ File:Peddocks Island.jpg ‎ clarified photo and compass directions

5 March 2011

• 21:4321:43, 5 March 2011 diff hist +130‎ m File:Wetherill-1921-Map-S.jpg ‎ →Summary Tag: Imported with FileImporter

4 March 2011

• 12:0112:01, 4 March 2011 diff hist +461‎ Nm File:Wetherill-1921-Map-S.jpg ‎ This map was produced by the U.S. Army Engineers, and updated through 1921. It was provided by the Coast Defense Study Group, which copied it from the National Archives and distributed it on DVD. Unfortunately, the original image file is considerably fuzz Tag: Imported with FileImporter

9 January 2011

• 19:1019:10, 9 January 2011 diff hist +73‎ m File:Ft Andrews Aerial 1932.jpg ‎ →Summary Tag: Imported with FileImporter
• 19:0819:08, 9 January 2011 diff hist +2,099‎ N File:Ft Andrews Aerial 1932.jpg ‎ The file of this image, acquired from the National Archives by the Coast Defense Study Group (CDSG) and distributed by them on disk, is entitled with the year 1932. It was made by the U.S. Army, and is stunning in its detail. It looks northwesterly. At c Tag: Imported with FileImporter

8 January 2011

• 13:4513:45, 8 January 2011 diff hist +9‎ File:Ft-Heath-AP-c1921-SEly.jpg ‎ corrected compass directions Tag: Imported with FileImporter
• 13:3313:33, 8 January 2011 diff hist +1,029‎ N File:Ft-Heath-AP-c1921-SEly.jpg ‎ This undated photo of Ft. Heath, Winthrop, MA, taken by the U.S. Army, was likely made about 1921, judging from the apparent construction activity near the barracks at center. It looks southeasterly and shows Battery Winthrop at center-left, with its thre Tag: Imported with FileImporter

5 January 2011

• 20:2420:24, 5 January 2011 diff hist +907‎ N File:Ft-Banks-AP-c-1940.jpg ‎ This undated aerial photo, likely made by the U.S. Army in about 1940, looks southeasterly across the mortar pits at Ft. Banks. Btty Kellogg Pit A is at upper left and Btty Lincoln Pit B is at lower right. This photo shows the original height of the eart Tag: Imported with FileImporter

23 September 2010

• 13:2513:25, 23 September 2010 diff hist +95‎ m File:Nahant-Rd-FCT-View-S.jpg ‎ →Summary Tag: Imported with FileImporter

22 September 2010

• 18:0818:08, 22 September 2010 diff hist +32‎ m File:Nahant-Rd-FCT-View-S.jpg ‎ →Summary Tag: Imported with FileImporter
• 15:0015:00, 22 September 2010 diff hist +1,223‎ Nm File:Nahant-Rd-FCT-View-S.jpg ‎ This photo, taken on an overcast day in February, 2010, looks south from the top observation level of the Nahant Road fire control tower. The island just left of center is Outer Brewster Island, about 6 mi. distant. Beyond that are the shores of Hull, MA Tag: Imported with FileImporter

20 September 2010

• 15:2715:27, 20 September 2010 diff hist −11‎ File:Ft-Ruckman-Map.jpg ‎ →Summary Tag: Imported with FileImporter

17 September 2010

• 17:5617:56, 17 September 2010 diff hist +6‎ m File:Banks-Obelisk.jpg ‎ →Summary Tag: Imported with FileImporter

12 September 2010

• 15:5515:55, 12 September 2010 diff hist −14‎ File:Banks-map-1938.jpg ‎ →Summary
• 15:4915:49, 12 September 2010 diff hist +296‎ File:Banks-Obelisk.jpg ‎ correct description of chimney Tag: Imported with FileImporter
• 15:3015:30, 12 September 2010 diff hist −1‎ File:Fort Banks Mortar Battery Winthrop MA 01.jpg ‎ →{{int:filedesc}}

2 September 2010

• 20:0120:01, 2 September 2010 diff hist +705‎ N File:Old-Style-Pit.jpg ‎ This image shows an old-style mortar pit of the Abbot Quad period. Three mortars are shown, and a fourth is likely located just out of frame to the left. Although it appears that only two of the mortars (likely the ones at center and lower left) are invol Tag: Imported with FileImporter

31 August 2010

• 15:4315:43, 31 August 2010 diff hist +1,015‎ N File:Cushing-A-Firing.jpg ‎ This photo, likely dating to the early 1940s, shows Pit A of Battery Cushing at Ft. Andrews firing one of its M1890 mortars. The photo, likely taken originally by the U.S. Coast Artillery, was reprinted from "The Military History of Boston's Harbor Island Tag: Imported with FileImporter
• 14:5614:56, 31 August 2010 diff hist +106‎ File:Fort Desoto12.jpg ‎ →{{int:filedesc}}

30 August 2010

• 19:5019:50, 30 August 2010 diff hist +641‎ File:Aliquot-Load.jpg ‎ →Summary Tag: Imported with FileImporter
• 19:2819:28, 30 August 2010 diff hist +716‎ N File:Aliquot-Load.jpg ‎ This image is a portion of Fig. 45, p. 92, of "TM 9-456: Technical Manual 12-Inch Mortar M1890M1...", (U.S.) War Department, Washington (D.C.), October 17, 1942. It shows a so-called aliquot charge of propellant for the 12-inch coast defense mortar. Alth Tag: Imported with FileImporter

22 August 2010

• 19:1819:18, 22 August 2010 diff hist 0‎ File:Fort Banks Mortar Battery Winthrop MA 01.jpg ‎ correct weight
• 19:0219:02, 22 August 2010 diff hist +223‎ File:Fort Banks Mortar Battery Winthrop MA 01.jpg ‎ →{{int:filedesc}}
• 18:5718:57, 22 August 2010 diff hist +767‎ File:Fort Banks Mortar Battery Winthrop MA 01.jpg ‎ added explanation of view
• 18:4718:47, 22 August 2010 diff hist +127‎ File:Banks-map-1938.jpg ‎ clarification
• 18:3018:30, 22 August 2010 diff hist +826‎ N File:Banks-Obelisk.jpg ‎ This photo, taken in August, 2010, shows what appears to be an obelisk monument, atop the present-day earthen cover to the west of Btty Kellogg, Pit B (and between that pit and Btty Lincoln Pit B). In fact, this structure is apparently a ventilation shaft Tag: Imported with FileImporter

21 August 2010

• 18:0818:08, 21 August 2010 diff hist +384‎ File:Developmental-Plan-Banks.jpg ‎ correct cardinal directions and expand Tag: Imported with FileImporter
• 18:0018:00, 21 August 2010 diff hist +151‎ File:Developmental-Plan-Banks.jpg ‎ revised dates of plans Tag: Imported with FileImporter

20 August 2010

• 15:3815:38, 20 August 2010 diff hist +1,825‎ N File:Developmental-Plan-Banks.jpg ‎ This is a portion of the plan view of the two coast defense mortar batteries at Fort Banks, Winthrop, MA. Originally researched and drawn by Thomas Vaughan of the Coast Defense Study Group (and updated through December, 1982), the plan is a portion of a l Tag: Imported with FileImporter

17 August 2010

• 20:1720:17, 17 August 2010 diff hist +380‎ N File:Ft-Duvall-Map-1938.jpg ‎ Map is from the Supplement of the report by the U.S. Army Engineers on the Defenses of Boston Harbor, 1945. The two 16-inch gun positions of Battery Long are clearly visible, as well as the magazines, mechanical spaces, and plotting rooms in the undergrou Tag: Imported with FileImporter

31 July 2010

• 15:2515:25, 31 July 2010 diff hist +41‎ File:Banks-map-1938.jpg ‎ correct acreage and dates ~~~~

30 July 2010

• 15:5315:53, 30 July 2010 diff hist 0‎ File:DarienCTUSCoastAndGeodeticSurvey1965Marker11042007.jpg ‎ spelling

28 July 2010

• 15:1815:18, 28 July 2010 diff hist 0‎ File:Mine-Control-Panel.jpg ‎ →Summary Tag: Imported with FileImporter
• 14:5914:59, 28 July 2010 diff hist +44‎ File:Mine-Control-Panel.jpg ‎ →Summary Tag: Imported with FileImporter
• 14:5514:55, 28 July 2010 diff hist +1,653‎ N File:Mine-Control-Panel.jpg ‎ This photo is from "Training Manual TM 2160-20 Submarine Mining," U.S. War Department, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1930, p. 76. It shows a control panel for a group of 19 submarine mines. In modern terms, this would be called a rack-mount module, whic Tag: Imported with FileImporter

27 July 2010

• 18:3418:34, 27 July 2010 diff hist +711‎ N File:Strong-Mines-S.jpg ‎ This plan of the mine casemate at Fort Strong, Long Island, Boston Harbor is extracted from the Reports of Completed Works (RCWs)for that fort by the U.S. Army Engineers. It dates to about 1940. The left-hand (westerly) portion of the casemate housed the Tag: Imported with FileImporter
• 13:5013:50, 27 July 2010 diff hist +900‎ N File:Mine-and-Box.jpg ‎ This image is taken from Training Manual TM 2160-20, "Submarine Mining," U.S. War Department, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1930, p. 217. It shows a spherical mine (cylindrical ones were also used) tethered to an anchor which kept it at a pre-determined h Tag: Imported with FileImporter

17 July 2010

• 20:1220:12, 17 July 2010 diff hist +644‎ N File:Ft-Strong-Obsolete-Bty.jpg ‎ This plan drawing was part of the January, 1922 Report of Completed Works for Battery Ward at Fort Strong (Long Island, Massachusetts) by the U.S. Army Engineers. Somewhat amazingly, it shows the positions of the obsolete 19th Century cannon battery an Tag: Imported with FileImporter

16 July 2010

• 15:2215:22, 16 July 2010 diff hist +439‎ File:Ft Strong Map 1938.jpg ‎ cleaning up details ~~~~ Tag: Imported with FileImporter
• 15:1215:12, 16 July 2010 diff hist +627‎ File:Ft Strong Map 1938.jpg ‎ →Summary Tag: Imported with FileImporter

13 July 2010

• 18:3918:39, 13 July 2010 diff hist +832‎ N File:Ft-Heath-Map-1921.jpg ‎ This map, from the U.S. Army Engineers, is updated through 1921. The curving southwest boundary of the fort apparently followed the present course of Pond Street, Winthrop. The shorter leg running roughly northeast apparently followed Highland Avenue. Tag: Imported with FileImporter

10 July 2010

• 16:4616:46, 10 July 2010 diff hist +1,070‎ N File:Ft-Ruckman-Map.jpg ‎ This map of Fort Ruckman is from the U.S. Army Engineers' 1945 Report on the Harbor Defenses of Boston, and was meant as an aid to locating the WW2 battery of three anti-aircraft guns NW of the fort (at "Site 2C"). The boundary of the fort is indicated by Tag: Imported with FileImporter

8 July 2010

• 17:4517:45, 8 July 2010 diff hist +1,057‎ N File:Banks-map-1938.jpg ‎ {{Information |Description={{en|1=1938 map of Ft. Banks shows the four mortar pits of Batteries Lincoln and Kellogg at center. The two northerly "B" pits (see red labels) each (by 1938) contained two mortars, while the southerly "A" pits contained four mo

7 July 2010

• 17:5717:57, 7 July 2010 diff hist +20‎ User:Philipp Michel Reichold ‎ →Question on Mortar Battery Photo
• 17:5517:55, 7 July 2010 diff hist +867‎ User:Philipp Michel Reichold ‎No edit summary

4 July 2010

• 23:5423:54, 4 July 2010 diff hist +851‎ N File:Battery-Smyth.jpg ‎ This photo, taken in 2010, looks easterly at Gun Platform #1 (at right) of Battery Smyth, a battery of two 3-inch guns on the eastern side of the island that protected the mine fields planted between Long Island and Hull, along Nantasket Roads, the channe Tag: Imported with FileImporter