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Fort Trenholm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	John's Island Airport, Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°42′29″N 79°59′49″W / 32.70806°N 79.99694°W / 32.70806; -79.99694
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1864 (1864)
MPS	Civil War Defenses of Charleston TR
NRHP reference No.	82004791
Added to NRHP	August 11, 1982

Fort Trenholm, also known as Battery Trenholm, is a historic artillery battery located at Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1864, to reinforce Fort Pringle and protect the Stono River and Johns Island. It has emplacements for 17 guns. The three-sided earthen redoubt measures approximately 870 feet on its eastern face, 780 feet long on its southern face, and 885 feet long on its western face. It has a 15-foot-high parapet wall.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. unknown (n.d.). "Fort Trenholm" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
3. "Fort Trenholm, Charleston County (overlooking Stono River, John's Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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