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Battery Kemble Park is a park in Northwest Washington D.C. administered by the National Park Service.Battery Kemble was a Union Army defensive site during the Civil War. The battery was located on Ridge Road (now Nebraska Avenue NW) and included two 100-pound Parrott rifles placed in such a way as to sweep Chain Bridge Aqueduct Bridge and Virginia beyond. Today the parapet and gun positions are fairly well preserved and remain visible.
