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 | | In the Northwest, the Columbia River location ranked eighteenth in urgency for construction, with batteries begun at Fort Stevens, Oregon, in 1896; and, at Chinook Point and Fort Canby, Washington, in 1897 and 1899. |
 | | The Endicott Board recommendations of 1886 had ranked San Francisco second in needed new construction, and several of the first Endicott batteries built bracketing the bay were characterized by their unusual, sometimes singular, design and engineering, and were overseen directly by the division engineer Charles Suter. |
 | | The Fort McDowell Endicott batteries of 1899 to 1901 on Angel IslandDrew, Ledyard, and Wallaceare especially noteworthy from the vantage of engineering history, and although they presently are managed under the ownership of the State of California, may merit cross-referencing during later research efforts for the National Park Service properties. |
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