Fort Popham
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Fort Popham is a Civil War-era coastal defense fortification at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine. It is located in sight of the short-lived Popham Colony and, like the colony, named for George Popham, the colony's leader. The site is preserved as Fort Popham State Historic Site.[2]
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Fort Popham Memorial | |
Location | Phippsburg, Maine |
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Coordinates | 43°45′17″N 69°47′02″W[1] |
Built | 1861 (1861) |
Architect | US Army Corps of Engineers |
NRHP reference No. | 69000012 |
Fort Popham | |
Part of Coast Defenses of the Kennebec | |
Phippsburg, Maine | |
Type | Fortification |
Site information | |
Owner | Public - State of Maine |
Controlled by | State of Maine |
Open to the public | partly |
Site history | |
Built | 1857–1869 |
Built by | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
In use | 1864–1865, 1898–1899, 1917–1918, 1941–1945 |
Materials | Granite |
Garrison information | |
Garrison |
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Added to NRHP | 1 October 1969 |
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