Battery Thomson Explained

Battery Thomson
Location:2013 Ion Ave., Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Coordinates:32.7592°N -79.8411°W
Built:-1909
Builder:Howell, Capt. G. P.
Added:June 25, 1974
Refnum:74001843

Battery Thomson is a historic artillery battery located at Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was built in 1906–1909, and is one of a series of batteries stretching from Fort Moultrie to the eastern end of Sullivan's Island. Until decommissioned in 1947, the concrete battery housed two, ten inch guns. It measures approximately 326 feet long and 84 feet wide, with the front or ocean side of the battery at approximately 10 feet high. Battery Thomson and its neighbor Battery Gadsden provided fortification at the mouth of Charleston Harbor.[1] [2] It is built in the same style of Battery Jasper.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elias B. Bull and John W. Califf. Battery Thomson. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . May 1974. 3 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Battery Thomson, Charleston County (2013 Ion Ave., Sullivan's Island). National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2014-08-01.