Fort Steven's State Park

11. Fort Stevens Battery Pratt

CDSG Member Jack Buckmeir has been working at an ambitious project to restore Battery Pratt, a circa 1900s seacoast artillery battery at Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon, to "active status." With the help of the Friends of Old Fort Stevens (FOOFS), Fort Stevens State Park, the Oregon National Guard at Camp Rilea, and valuable technical assistance from CDSG members, Jack has been building a working full-scale replica of one of the 6-inch disappearing guns once installed in the battery.

January 2009 Update. Anyone planning a visit to Ft. Stevens within the next few months should know that the Battery Pratt gun is currently undergoing modifications and has somewhat been taken apart. Since this first gun is a prototype, Jack found he needed to modify some of the internal mechanisms before he can install the counterweight system and retracting mechanism.

January 2009 Update. Anyone planning a visit to Ft. Stevens within the next few months should know that the Battery Pratt gun is currently undergoing modifications and has somewhat been taken apart. Since this first gun is a prototype, Jack found he needed to modify some of the internal mechanisms before he can install the counterweight system and retracting mechanism. Jack is planning on having back together and all painted up before the summer tourist season and hopefully raising and lowering.