Endicott Board report of 1886
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The Endicott Board report of 1886 was a landmark U.S. defense study that recommended a comprehensive modernization of American coastal fortifications, leading to the Endicott Period coast defenses.
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| Endicott Board report of 1886 canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States government document
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defense study ⓘ military report ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Report of the Board on Fortifications or Other Defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Endicott Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chairperson | William Crowninshield Endicott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | United States Department of War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eraName | Endicott Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus |
defense of major U.S. harbors
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protection against modern naval threats ⓘ |
| goal |
protect U.S. coasts from foreign naval attack
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standardize coastal defense systems ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | landmark in modernization of U.S. coastal defenses ⓘ |
| impact |
large-scale construction of new coastal batteries
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retirement of obsolete smoothbore and rifled muzzle-loading guns ⓘ |
| implementedDuring | Endicott Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implementedIn |
Harbor Defenses of Boston
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Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Harbor Defenses of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ Harbor Defenses of San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | United States coastal defense policy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Crowninshield Endicott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oversawBy | Board of Fortifications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Civil War era masonry fortifications ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1886 ⓘ |
| recommended |
construction of new seacoast fortifications
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installation of modern breech-loading artillery ⓘ mine defenses for harbors ⓘ modern fire-control systems for coast artillery ⓘ modernization of American coastal fortifications ⓘ use of disappearing gun carriages ⓘ use of reinforced concrete batteries ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Taft Board report of 1905 ⓘ |
| resultedIn | Endicott Period coast defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
artillery modernization
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coastal defense ⓘ harbor fortifications ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| topic |
coast artillery
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seacoast fortification engineering ⓘ |
| typeOfModernization |
artillery technology
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fortification design ⓘ harbor minefields ⓘ |
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