Portland Harbor Maine

by Marcia Lee Jones

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Portland Harbor Maine

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Marcia Lee Jones

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Went to Portland to capture all the lighthouses on the south shore. This was at Fort Pebbles, which was taken from Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse and the timing was just right to view a Spinnaker sailboat just approaching Fort Gorges. Fort Georges is a very intrigued place.

Following the War of 1812, the United States Army Corps of Engineers proposed that a fort be built on Hog Island Ledge, in Casco Bay at the entrance to the harbor at Portland, Maine. Named for the colonial proprietor of Maine, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, it was constructed to support existing forts, including Fort Preble in South Portland and Fort Scammel built on nearby House Island in 1808. Congress, however, did not fund construction of Fort Gorges until 1857. The walls of the fort were begun the next year, and when the American Civil War broke out in 1861, work quickly advanced.

The fort was designed by Colonel Reuben Staples Smart. The chief architect in charge of construction was Thomas Lincoln Casey, who later became Chief of Engineers. It is similar in size and construction to Fort Sumter, but is built of granite instead of brick.

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July 6th, 2013

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