Fort Hancock, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°27′50″N 74°00′10″W / 40.46389°N 74.00278°W
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Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District
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Fort Hancock Memorial Park
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| Location: | Sandy Hook, New Jersey |
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| Built: | 1859 |
| Architect: | US Army |
| Architectural style: | = |
| Governing body: | Department of the Army |
| NRHP Reference#: | 80002505 |
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| Added to NRHP: | April 24, 1980[1] |
| Designated NHLD: | December 17, 1982[2] |
Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook, located in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. This coastal artillery base played an important part in the defense of New York Harbor and played a role in the history of New Jersey. Between 1874 and 1919, Fort Hancock was operated in conjunction with the Army's Sandy Hook Proving Ground.
In 1893, Fort Hancock installed Battery Potter, the nation's first disappearing gun battery.[3] It also was important for the defense of the vital New York Harbor throughout World War II, preventing the entrance of German submarines into the harbor. In the late 1950s Project Nike antiaircaft missiles were based there.[4] Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974.
The fort and its small museum are managed as part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, and is part of National Parks of New York Harbor unit of the National Park System.
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[edit] References
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2008-06-23. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1828&ResourceType=District.
- ^ The Defenses of Sandy Hook (from a Sandy Hook, Gateway National Recreation Area, U.S. National Park Service information pamphlet. Accessed 2008-02-22.)
- ^ "Interview with Bill Jackson". http://www.nps.gov/gate/historyculture/upload/Jackson-Bill.pdf.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sandy Hook, New Jersey |
- Fort Hancock visitor information - from National Park Service partner
- History of Fort Hancock
- Fort Hancock Historic District
- Fort Hancock: A Bastion of America's Eastern Seaboard, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan
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