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Fort McKinley, Battery Weymouth Combined Observation Station, West side of East Side Drive, approximately 125 feet south of Weymouth Way, Great Diamond Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
Summary
Significance: Fort McKinley attains significance as the largest of Portland Harbor's five military complexes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The fort protected Maine's principal city with one of the most well-defended harbors in the country. Battery Weymouth Combined Observation Station is one of seven such stations built at Fort McKinley between 1905 and 1909 to control and monitor gun fire from the fort's large batteries.
Survey number: HAER ME-59-G
Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1909 Subsequent Work
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Beard, Christine S
Location
South Portland, 43.68232, -70.19076
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
