Page 6 - The Battery Spring 2020

The Battery
Fort Miles + Delaware State Parks =
Finished Projects
By Grant Melville
Park Superintendent - Cape Henlopen State Park
Cape Henlopen State Park is unique for many reasons. One
is the partnership between Delaware State Parks and Fort Miles Historical Association to develop Fort Miles Museum. This partnership accomplished great things during the past winter. Here are a few highlights.
One completed project is a bright new Fort Miles Museum sign and
a new gate at the entrance. We’re grateful to our Bunker Buster
Fred Noll for his work with the contractor on gate specifics. In addition to the sign and gate, Tyler Dreiblatt and his staff now have
a black powder specific building where they can assemble rounds for live artillery demonstrations. The Orientation Building has new sidewalks connecting it to the bike path, and an HVAC system, the first step in the building’s facelift.
This winter the event venue got two water spigots and a geothermal HVAC system.
The Delaware State Parks
mason finished a three-year project to rehabilitate all the old barrack buildings in the youth campgrounds. Below you can see
the work on these buildings and the finished product.
Additionally, Bunker Busters and Cape Henlopen staff secured the second door at the Battery Smith plotting room in the Primitive Campground on Jan. 30. Fred Noll had spent months building these doors.
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