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Cape Disappointment Light House, Washington (

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War Department. Fourth Army and Western Defense Command.~.Coast Defenses of the Columbia. (03/17/1941 - 1946)

Title

Cape Disappointment Light House, Washington

Description

Scope and content: Beginning with the Civil War, the U.S. Army recognized a need to provide for coastal defenses in the Pacific NW along the Columbia River and in the Puget Sound. A number of forts, many no longer in service, were built for this purpose.

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National Archives and Records Administration

	Native name	National Archives and Records Administration
	Parent institution	Federal Government of the United States
	Location	Washington, D.C. (headquarters), and many regional facilities and presidential libraries nationwide in the USA
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 34″ N, 77° 01′ 23″ W
	Established	19 June 1934
	Website	www.archives.gov
	Authority file	: Q518155 VIAF: 132254586 ISNI: 0000000121603036 ULAN: 500263780 LCCN: n84176101 NLA: 35718998 WorldCat

NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle) (NRIAS), 6125 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115-7999.

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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 299672.

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Record group: Record Group 392: Records of U.S. Army Coast Artillery Districts and Defenses, 1901 - 1950 (National Archives Identifier: 690)
Series: General History of the Harbor Defenses of the Columbia, compiled ca. 1945 - ca. 1945, documenting the period ca. 1864 - ca. 1945 (National Archives Identifier: 299650)

NAIL Control Number: NRIS-392-CODEF99B-22

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Beginning with the Civil War, the U.S. Army recognized a need to provide for coastal defenses in the Pacific NW along the Columbia River and in the Puget Sound. A number of forts, many no longer in service, were built for this purpose. (English)

determination method or standard: determined by GLAM institution and stated at its website

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reference URL: https://dp.la/item/6738645a42f2dbdd611cc386c753d619

publisher: Digital Public Library of America

retrieved: 20 July 2023