East Point Military Reservation was a World War I and World War II coastal defense site located in Nahant, Massachusetts. In 1955–62 it was a Nike missile launch site. In 1967 the site was converted i
The platform for 155 mm Gun 1 as it looked in 2010.
A 155 mm gun like those at Nahant being emplaced.
The twin fire control towers on Swallow Cave Road.
16-inch casemated gun, similar to Battery Murphy.
6-inch gun M1897
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The 6-inch gun M1897 and its variants the M1900, M1903, M1905, M1908, and M1 were coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1897 and 1945. For most of their history,
6-inch gun M1905 on disappearing carriage M1903, Battery Chamberlin, Fort Winfield Scott, Presidio of San Francisco
6-inch M1900 gun on M1900 pedestal mount, annotated
Two 6-inch guns on an M1917 carriage (foreground) and an M1917A carriage (background) in early 1919.
Annotated photograph of an M1901 Buffington–Crozier disappearing carriage for an M1900 12-inch gun, generally similar to 6-inch disappearing carriages