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Fort McDowell: Battery Drew
 
Images courtesy of John Soennichsen, Angel Island State Park
 
Battery Drew, one of three Endicott batteries built on Angel Island. Construction on this battery began in 1898, completed in 1900. An eight-inch M1888 breech loading rifle on an M1892 barbette (non-disappearing) carriage. Decommissioned in 1915.
 
 

 
Layout of Battery Drew, 1919
 
 
Drawings Courtesy of Mark Berhow

 
Battery Drew Today
 
 
 
 

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