U.S. Board of Engineers for Fortifications

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United States Army organization military engineering board

The U.S. Board of Engineers for Fortifications was a 19th-century U.S. Army engineering body responsible for planning and overseeing the design of the nation’s coastal defense fortifications.

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Surface form	Occurrences
United States military engineers	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army organization ⓘ military engineering board ⓘ
aimedTo	create a systematic national coastal defense network ⓘ protect major U.S. ports from naval attack ⓘ
appliesTo	seacoast fortifications of the United States ⓘ
collaboratedWith	United States War Department NERFINISHED ⓘ harbor defense commands of the United States Army ⓘ
composedOf	officers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	coastal defense ⓘ fortification design ⓘ military engineering ⓘ
hadAuthorityOver	Army engineer officers assigned to coastal fortification projects ⓘ
historicalContext	19th-century U.S. seacoast fortification programs ⓘ post-War of 1812 U.S. coastal defense reforms ⓘ
influenced	design of masonry coastal forts in the United States ⓘ standard plans for 19th-century U.S. coastal defenses ⓘ
jurisdiction	U.S. coastal fortification system ⓘ United States coastline ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainRole	overseeing design of U.S. coastal defense fortifications ⓘ planning coastal defense fortifications of the United States ⓘ
notableFor	centralized control of U.S. coastal fortification design in the 19th century ⓘ professionalization of U.S. coastal defense engineering ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversaw	construction of U.S. harbor defenses ⓘ improvement and modernization of existing coastal forts ⓘ
partOf	United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	recommending locations for coastal fortifications ⓘ reviewing plans for new coastal forts ⓘ standardizing designs of U.S. coastal forts ⓘ supervising construction of coastal defense works ⓘ
sector	defense ⓘ
subordinateTo	Chief of Engineers of the United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	government technical board ⓘ
usedBy	United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedDoctrine	Third System of U.S. seacoast fortifications NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Fort Trumbull (Third System reconstruction) → designedUnder → U.S. Board of Engineers for Fortifications ⓘ

Battery Hearn → builtBy → U.S. Board of Engineers for Fortifications ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States military engineers