Fort Steven's State Park, Near Astoria, Oregon

24. Meriwether Lewis Battery

Information from RCW Form 1 (date): June 30, 1921 Battery commenced: Sept. 1896 Battery completed: Apr. 1898 Date of transfer: #1- April 5, 1898, #2- April 3, 1898 Material of construction: concrete Portland or Rosendale cement: Portland Cost to date of transfer: $302,014.00 (cost includes Batteries Walker & Mishler) Type of data transmission: none Trunnion elevation in battery: #1- 34.28', #2- 34.35' Datum plane: MLLW Sources of electric current: Central or Reserve Power Plant Max. kw. Required for lights: 2.7 kW Max. kw. Required for motors: none. Battery not in use.