Battery Hambright
A submerged minefield guarded the entrance
to the Savannah harbor in the late 1890's. The mines were anchored to the
bottom of the Savannah River; floating above each mine, but below the water
surface, was a buoy. When passing ships hit the buoy, an electrical signal
would be sent ashore to the mining casemate in Fort Pulaski. In 1899, the
War Department, in order to provide additional protection at this point,
constructed Battery Hambright. The battery held two emplacements for three-inch
rapid-fire guns. This picture shows the mines being placed in the Savannah
harbor in 1898.
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