![]() ![]() ![]() The battery also had fire-control radar, 2 ammunition magazines and a diesel power plant. ![]() Two 16-inch guns were also placed at both casemates in 1944, and removed in 1948 after the war. ![]() Battery Lewis was equipped with a Battery Commander’s station, a casemated switchboard and plotting room (which is the bunker directly behind the battery at the lowest point of the base), 8 base end and 8 spotting stations. Located high on a hilltop in Highlands, in what is now part of the Hartshorne Woods County Park, is a former military installation, Battery Lewis, which was built during World War II. No, it’s not everywhere, but it is here in New Jersey. It’s not everywhere that while wandering the meandering trails of a scenic wooded parkland you might unexpectedly find yourself smack dab in the middle of the ghostly remains of fortress-like military base from another age, complete with massive concrete cannon casemates, and a labyrinth of underground tunnels and bunkers. ![]()
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