SALT BATTERY
- Program
- Subject
- Location
- Lat/Long
- Grant Recipient
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NYS Historic
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Site
- Constitutions Park, Main Street, Youngstown, NY
- 43.251898, -79.049835
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Town of Porter Historical Society
SALT BATTERY
Inscription
SALT BATTERYON THIS SITE ARTILLERY
FORTIFIED BY SALT BARRELS
WAS CRUCIAL IN THE DEFENSE
OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER
DURING THE WAR OF 1812
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2018
The Salt Battery, one of four batteries located along the shoreline of Youngstown, was constructed during the War of 1812 by American forces. Barrels of salt, obtained from shipments sent along the shoreline of Lake Ontario, were stacked and covered by earth to construct the fortification. The battery inflicted heavy damage on the wooden buildings within Fort George and the stockade surrounding it.
