Fort Mifflin
- Also Known As: Mud Island Fort also Old Fort Mifflin
- Address: Marina and Penrose Ferry Rds
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1775/00/00 | Thomas Nevell | Builder | The Continental army and navy award Thomas Nevell contracts for gun carriages. At Fort Mifflin on the Delaware river, Nevell mounts both carriages and six 18-pound cannon after a previous contractor's work proved deficient. | |||
1795/00/00 | Pierre Charles L'Enfant | Architect | Designed by Pierre L'Enfant, reconstruction on the fort begins under the auspices of Louis de Tousard, who from 1795 to 1800 traveled along the coast between Massachusetts and the Carolinas working on coastal defenses. | |||
1795/00/00 | Louis de Tousard | Engineer | Designed by Pierre L'Enfant, reconstruction on the fort begins under the auspices of Louis de Tousard, who from 1795 to 1800 traveled along the coast between Massachusetts and the Carolinas working on coastal defenses. |
Particulars for Fort Mifflin: | |
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Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Area of Significance | Engineering |
Structure Type | Fortification |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Area of Significance | Military |
Level of Significance | National |
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