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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1888-Unknown) - York 64-Pounder Battery was a Canadian reinforced concrete 64-pounder coastal gun battery in the [[York Redoubt]], Sleepy Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. Deactivated circa 1900.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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With the 1888 expansion of the York Redoubt, it became necessary to provide some protection for the land side approaches to the redoubt. A reinforced concrete battery was built to cover the south and southwest land approaches to the expanded redoubt area. The battery was armed with two large 64-pounder guns in fixed concrete emplacements. The battery included powder magazines and gunner shelters below and an observation post above.<br />
[[File:York Redoubt 64-pdr Bty - 10.jpg|thumb|left|300px|York 64-Pounder Battery Caponier Interior Showing Rifle Slits on the Side and Front.]]<br />
The battery had one additional feature not found in many batteries, a caponier that extended forward from the battery outside the wall of the redoubt. The caponier provided gun slits that allowed riflemen to fire on attackers at the wall.<br />
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The gun carriage was mounted in a circular pit with a center pin that allowed the gun to be rotated for aiming and servicing, this was a muzzle-loader that required front access to load.<br />
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The battery was probably decommissioned around 1900.<br />
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== Current Status ==<br />
[[File:York Redoubt 64-pdr Bty - 08.jpg|thumb|left|300px|York 64-Pounder Battery Interpretive Panel.]]<br />
No period guns or mounts in place. The battery structure survives and is mostly accessable.<br />
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(B) 44.593864, -63.554575, York 64-Pounder Battery<br />
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(1) 44.593934, -63.554632, Emplacement 1<br />
(2) 44.593896, -63.554483, Emplacement 2<br />
(O) 44.593915, -63.554561, Observation Post<br />
(C) 44.593809, -63.554606, Caponier<br />
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'''Location:''' Sleepy Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada.<br />
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'''See Also:'''<br />
* [[York Redoubt]]<br />
* [[:Category:Harbor Defense of Halifax|Harbor Defense of Halifax]]<br />
* [[:Category:2013 Research Trip|2013 Research Trip]]<br />
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'''Sources:'''<br />
* [[:Category:Harbor Defense of Halifax|Harbor Defense of Halifax]]<br />
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'''Links: '''<br />
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/Canada/canada.html North American Forts - York 64-Pounder Battery]<br />
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