Fort Wetherill

Fort Wetherill is a former coast artillery fort that occupies the southern portion of the eastern tip of Conanicut Island in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It sits atop high granite cliffs, overlooking the entrance to Narragansett Bay. Fort Dumpling from the American Revolutionary War occupied the site until it was built over by Fort Wetherill. Wetherill was deactivated and turned over to the State of Rhode Island after World War II and is now operated as Fort Wetherill State Park, a 51-acre (210,000 m²) reservation managed by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.

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Great Swamp Fight ⓘ
1675 battle of King Philip's War
Mount Hope Bay raids ⓘ
1778 series of military raids by British troops during the American Revolutionary War
Battle of Rhode Island ⓘ
1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War
King Philip's War ⓘ
conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists
Fort Getty ⓘ
fort in Rhode Island
Fort Ninigret ⓘ
historic fort and trading post site in Rhode Island, USA
Fort Wolcott ⓘ
fort on Goat Island, Rhode Island
Fort Greene ⓘ
US Army Reserve base
Fort Adams ⓘ
former American Army post in Newport, Rhode Island
Fort Wetherill ⓘ
historic site in Rhode Island, United States
Fort Kearny ⓘ
historic fort in Rhode Island, USA
Camp Varnum ⓘ
Rhode Island Army National Guard training facility
Fort Church ⓘ
World War II US coast defense fort
Bristol Train of Artillery Museum ⓘ
museum in Bristol, Rhode Island, US
Hiddensee ⓘ
Tarantul-class corvette in East German Navy ship, brought to US for analysis: now museum
HMS Endeavour ⓘ
1764 collier and survey vessel
HMS Lark ⓘ
1762 Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate

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1895 Fort Wetherill

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World War I

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1675 Great Swamp Fight

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1778 Mount Hope Bay raids

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1778 Battle of Rhode Island

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1675 — 1678 King Philip's War

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1637 Fort Ninigret

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1702 Fort Wolcott

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1794 Fort Greene

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1798 Fort Adams

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1908 Fort Kearny

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1942 Camp Varnum

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1942 Fort Church

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1762 HMS Lark

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'Fort Dumpling, Jamestown, Rhode Island' by Edward Mitchell Bannister

Coastal Scene with Fort Dumpling by William Trost Richards

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Brooklyn Museum - Fort Dumpling, Rhode Island - George L. Clough - overall

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American Library Association - O through R - Library, Fort Wetherill, R.I - NARA - 20800796

The history and topography of the United States of America (1850) (14594442669)

Gabrielle D. Clements, Fort Dumpling and Beavertail Light, 1887, etching printed on Japan paper. Historic site at Newport, Rhode Island

Fort Wetherill 8

Fort Wetherill 3

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1675	Great Swamp Fight	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1778	Mount Hope Bay raids	United States, Continental Army, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1778	Battle of Rhode Island	United States, battle, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
event	war	1675	King Philip's War	war, Mohegan, Pequot, Wampanoag people, Narragansett people, New England Confederation, Nipmuc, Nashaway people, Podunk people	Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places page^@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places listed place page^@		Wikidata
link	page		FortWiki page^@		Wikidata
link	page		Tripadvisor page^@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-853	Type IXC/40 submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Cero	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Saratoga	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Getty	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1637	Fort Ninigret	trading post, archaeological site, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1702	Fort Wolcott	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1794	Fort Greene	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1798	Fort Adams	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1895	Fort Wetherill	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1908	Fort Kearny	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1942	Camp Varnum	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1942	Fort Church	fort	Wikidata
site	museum		Bristol Train of Artillery Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Hiddensee	corvette, German Navy, United States Navy, preserved watercraft, East German Navy, museum ship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Endeavour	survey vessel, collier, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1762	HMS Lark	fifth-rate frigate, shipwreck, Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate	Wikidata
commons	image		'Fort Dumpling, Jamestown, Rhode Island' by Edward Mitchell Bannister		Commons
commons	image		Coastal Scene with Fort Dumpling by William Trost Richards		Commons
commons	image		Fort wetherill4		Commons
commons	image		Brooklyn Museum - Fort Dumpling, Rhode Island - George L. Clough - overall		Commons
commons	image		Fort wetherill3		Commons
commons	image		American Library Association - O through R - Library, Fort Wetherill, R.I - NARA - 20800796		Commons
commons	image		The history and topography of the United States of America (1850) (14594442669)		Commons
commons	image		Gabrielle D. Clements, Fort Dumpling and Beavertail Light, 1887, etching printed on Japan paper. Historic site at Newport, Rhode Island		Commons
commons	image		Fort Wetherill 8		Commons
commons	image		Fort Wetherill 3		Commons

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