Sagamore Hill Military Reservation
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Sagamore Hill Military Reservation was a coastal defense site located in Sagamore, Massachusetts
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from possible air and naval attack. It never did have to fire its guns in defense though but it did play an important part in the defense of the canal.
Sagamore, Massachusetts
Sagamore is a census-designated place in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,544 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sagamore is located at ....
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History
The Sagamore Hill Military Reservation was built on state land. Its mission was to protect the Cape Cod CanalCape Cod Canal
The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway traversing the narrow neck of land that joins Cape Cod to mainland Massachusetts.Part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, the canal is roughly 17.4 miles long and connects Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south...
from possible air and naval attack. It never did have to fire its guns in defense though but it did play an important part in the defense of the canal.
The Site Now
The Panama mounts (1942) and battery commander's station of a two-gun 155mm battery still remain here, as well as several magazine igloos.External links
- http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/ccc/history/ww2_coastal/ww2coastal.htm