Battery Thomson
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Battery Thomson | |
| File:Battery-thomson-sc1.jpg Battery Thomson, May 2010 | |
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| Location | 2013 Ion Ave., Sullivan's Island, South Carolina |
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| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1906-1909 |
| Built by | Howell, Capt. G. P. |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001843[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 1974 |
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.[2][3] It is built in the same style of Battery Jasper.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
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- Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Military installations established in 1909
- Buildings and structures in Charleston County, South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Charleston County, South Carolina
- Charleston County, South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs