Battery Beecher

 (1900-1920) - Battery Beecher was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 3 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Schuyler (1), Throggs Neck, Bronx County, New York. The battery was named in G.O. 78, 25 May 1903, after 1st Lieutenant Frederick H. Beecher, 3rd U.S. Infantry, brevet captain, U.S. Army, who was killed 17 Sep 1868, in action with Indians at Delaware Creek Kansas. Battery construction started in 1898, was completed in 1900 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 22 Dec 1900 at a cost of $ 8,011.96. Battery deactivated in 1920.

Endicott Period (1890-1910)
Originally built as an Endicott Period concrete coastal gun battery with two 3" M1898MI Driggs-Seabury guns mounted on M1898 Masking Parapet mouunts. This was a two story battery with the guns located on the upper level and the magazines below. Shells were moved from the magazine level to the gun loading platform by hand. No shell or powder hoists were provided. Electrical power was furnished by the central power plant.



World War I (1917-1918)
The guns of were not affected by the World War I redistribution but the following 1920 disarmament program caused the battery to be deactivated, the guns shipped back to Watervliet and the carriages scrapped. The guns were transferred to Watervliet on 1 Sep 1920 and the carriages were ordered scrapped on 20 May 1920.

Current Status
Destroyed. No period guns or mounts in place.

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