Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Kennesaw State ...

After funds are secured for the
wayside production stage, let a
contract through HFC to fabricate
and ship the fi nal panels and bases
to the battlefi eld.
After the fi nal panels and bases
are produced and shipped to the
battlefi eld, consider contracting
for their installation (if the park
maintenance staff is unable to install
them).
Before the PMIS statements requesting
funding are submitted, the battlefi eld
staff should confer with Harpers
Ferry Center to accurately estimate
costs. One estimate will hinge on the
material recommended for the future
waysides’ panels: they could be either
screen-printed, fi berglass-embedded;
high-pressure laminate; ink-jet prints
embedded in fi berglass; or porcelain
enamel. The initial costs and frequency
of replacing wayside panels need
to be considered. The selection of
panel material should be made before
a funding request is submitted for
fabrication.
Future Wayside Exhibit Categories
The workshop participants
recommended that the categories of
wayside exhibits (described below and
on the following page) be developed
over the next 2 to 5 years. Specifi cs
within these general categories will be
worked out when the Wayside Exhibit
Proposal is developed later.
Fee Collection and Orientation
Kiosks
As the battlefi eld plans its upcoming
Fee Collection stations (using
machines similar to ATMs), consider
combining these machines with
parkwide orientation waysides. These
combination fee collection and
orientation areas may include kiosklike
roofs. The most likely locations for
these kiosks will be at the parking lots
Recommendations
for the Visitor Center, Old Highway
41 Overfl ow lot, Pigeon Hill, and
Cheatham Hill. A study should be
conducted to analyze potential for fee
collection.
These fee collection/orientation kiosks
may include as many as three traditional
upright wayside exhibit panels. Or,
the kiosk may include a larger number
of small panels within the framework
of the NPS Sign System’s Visitor
Information System (VIS) signs. One
of these panels (or a small group of
VIS signs) may include information
on the fee collection system, resource
protection message/s, and visitor safety
warning/s. A second panel (or group
of VIS signs) may provide parkwide
orientation and put the Battle of
Kennesaw Mountain in context with
the Atlanta Campaign and the capture
of Atlanta. The map used here should
be the same used on (or, at least a map
that complements) the park’s unigrid
brochure. A third panel (or group of
VIS signs) may give more site-specifi c
information on the particular battlefi eld
unit next to this parking lot.
Parkwide Orientation Waysides
Upright orientation waysides should
be located at the parking lots at the top
of Big Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb’s
Farm, as well as at the park’s three
“activity areas.” A sixth location – at
Wallis House/Signal Hill – will be added
to this list once this area is transferred
to the battlefi eld. Also, a wall-mounted
panel located outside the visitor center
restrooms might be considered.
This upright wayside panel might
instead be a number of small panels
within the framework of the NPS Sign
System’s Visitor Information System
(VIS) signs. This panel (or group of
VIS signs) could all be a duplicates
of the panel (or group of signs)
suggested above for the Fee Collection/
Orientation Kiosks to provide parkwide
orientation and put the Battle of
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefi eld Park Long-Range Interpretive Plan I
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