Sentences with phrase «seacoast fortifications»

The Bay Area military posts received a flood of new Congressional funding, to help revitalized the seacoast fortifications.

Between 1897 and 1905, the army constructed new, state - of - the - art seacoast fortifications, including Batteries Yates, Spencer, Kirby, Duncan and Orlando Wagner.

By the 1860s, many of the Army's «modern» defense systems had become outdated and the War Department expressed growing concerns about the dilapidated condition of the country's seacoast fortifications.

For More Information: To learn more about the history of the park's seacoast fortifications, download «Seacoast Fortifications, San Francisco Harbor Historic Resource Study» (NPS, 1979) To learn about preservation and treatment recommendations for seacoast batteries, read «Seacoast Fortifications Preservation Manual, Golden Gate National Recreation Area».

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However opinions may differ, the rapid development of the aeroplane for military and naval purposes, especially in Europe, behooves us to consider it most seriously in the problems of seacoast and canal fortification that now confront us.