Fort Mifflin
Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort, was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia International Airport.- Museum
- …lies at an elevation of 10 feet (3 metres)
- …is also known as “Fort Miffin”
- Description: on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Historically known as“Fort Island Battery”“Mud Island Fort”
- Established: ~1775
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Philadelphia International Airport
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Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
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James and Ann Whitall House
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National Park
National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Red Bank
Hamlet
National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Fort Mifflin
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Latitude
39.87545° or 39° 52′ 32″ north
Longitude
-75.21289° or 75° 12′ 46″ west
Open location code
87F6VQGP+5R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = military
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = museum
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Fort Mifflin” goes by many names.
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