Built 1906 (1906)-1909 NRHP Reference # 74001843 Added to NRHP 25 June 1974 | Built by Howell, Capt. G. P. Area 2,000 m² | |
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Location 2013 Ion Ave., Sullivan's Island, South Carolina | ||
Battery Thomson is a historic artillery battery located at Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was built in 1906-1909, and is one of a series of batteries stretching from Fort Moultrie to the eastern end of Sullivan’s Island. Until decommissioned in 1947, the concrete battery housed two, ten inch guns. It measures approximately 326 feet long and 84 feet wide, with the front or ocean side of the battery at approximately 10 feet high. Battery Thomson and its neighbor Battery Gadsden provided fortification at the mouth of Charleston Harbor.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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