Fort Dawes was a World War II Coast Artillery fort located on Deer Island in Winthrop/Boston, Massachusetts. It was part of the Harbor Defenses of Boston.
16-inch casemated gun, similar to Battery 105.
6-inch gun at Fort Columbia State Park, Washington state, similar to Battery 207.
Deer Island (Massachusetts)
Deer Island is a peninsula in Boston, Massachusetts. Since 1996, it has been part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Although still an island by name, Deer Island has been connected to the mainland since the former Shirley Gut channel, which once separated the island from the town of Winthrop, was filled in by the 1938 New England hurricane. Today, Deer Island is the location of the Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant, whose 150-foot-tall (46 m) egg-like sludge digesters are major harbor landmarks.
Deer Island, Boston Harbor, 2008
Wastewater treatment plant, water tower, Deer Island
Almshouse, Deer Island, 1851
The Deer Island wastewater plant and surrounding park area, 2008