Sandy Hook Proving Ground (historic)

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United States Army installation military proving ground

Sandy Hook Proving Ground (historic) was a major U.S. Army coastal artillery and ordnance testing facility located on the Sandy Hook peninsula in New Jersey, active from the late 19th century through World War II.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground 1
Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District 1
Sandy Hook Proving Ground 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army installation ⓘ
military proving ground ⓘ
adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith U.S. Army Ordnance Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States coastal artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ
category coastal artillery installations of the United States ⓘ
former United States Army installations in New Jersey ⓘ
military history of New Jersey ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime World War II era ⓘ
hasEnvironment long narrow peninsula ⓘ
open ocean firing range ⓘ
heritageStatus historic military site ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
late 19th century United States ⓘ
locatedIn Monmouth County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

Sandy Hook peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic coast of the United States ⓘ
nearby Fort Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator United States Army ⓘ
partOf Harbor Defenses of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sandy Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ
historic military infrastructure of New Jersey ⓘ
reasonForLocation ability to fire over water into open ocean ⓘ
proximity to New York Harbor defenses ⓘ
significance major U.S. Army coastal artillery testing facility ⓘ
major U.S. Army ordnance testing facility ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ
status decommissioned military facility ⓘ
tested coastal artillery guns ⓘ
explosive shells ⓘ
fire-control instruments ⓘ
large-caliber artillery ⓘ
naval guns ⓘ
small arms ammunition ⓘ
usedFor ammunition testing ⓘ
ballistic research ⓘ
coast defense weapons development ⓘ
coastal artillery testing ⓘ
fire-control system testing ⓘ
gun proofing ⓘ
ordnance testing ⓘ
range-finding experiments ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sandy Hook → hasFeature → Sandy Hook Proving Ground (historic) ⓘ
Harbor defenses of New York → hasPart → Sandy Hook Proving Ground (historic) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sandy Hook Proving Ground
National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey → hasExample → Sandy Hook Proving Ground (historic) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground
Sandy Hook Lighthouse → partOf → Sandy Hook Proving Ground (historic) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District