Civil War: 7th Unassigned Company of Maine Infantry
World War I: Coast Defenses of Portland
World War II: Harbor Defenses of Portland
Added to NRHP
1 October 1969
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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the short-lived Popham Colony and, like the colony, named for George Popham, the colony's leader. The site is preserved as FortPopham State Historic Site...
43°45′12″N 69°47′18″W / 43.7532°N 69.7884°W / 43.7532; -69.7884 The Popham Colony—also known as the Sagadahoc Colony—was a short-lived English colonial...
Popham Beach is a sandy beach in Maine that extends southwest about three miles from FortPopham, at the mouth of the Kennebec River, toward the mouth...
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peninsula also is the site of historic FortPopham, historic Fort Baldwin, and the remnants of the Popham Colony. "Popham Beach State Park". Department of Agriculture...
Between 1905 and 1912 Fort Baldwin was built near FortPopham, during the Taft Program period. It was one of the smallest forts of the era, with three...
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George Popham (1550–1608) was a pioneering colonist from Maine, born in the southwestern regions of England. He was an associate of English colonist Sir...
facilities for a controlled minefield in the river were built at nearby FortPopham. The fort was in caretaker status prior to the American entry into World War...
At its southern end, state maintenance of Popham Road continues past Sea Street to the entrance to FortPopham. The entire route is in Sagadahoc County...
Bay Pembrokeshire BP Crude oil tanker offloading facility, tanks in FortPopham and Kilpaison, Angle Bay, transfer of crude to former Llandarcy Refinery...
Maine: Fort Knox; Kennebec River, Maine: FortPopham; Portland Harbor, Maine: Fort Gorges, Fort Scammell, Fort Preble; Kittery Point, Maine: Fort McClary;...
of 1812 FortPopham State Historic Site Sagadahoc Phippsburg 4 1.6 Civil War-era coastal fortification at the mouth of the Kennebec River Fort Pownall...
company was organized at Augusta and served from November 2, 1864 at FortPopham in Phippsburg, Maine guarding the approaches to the key shipbuilding...
of cannon, usually on the roof of the fort or behind low earthworks. Along with new forts, a few masonry forts of the colonial period were rebuilt under...
March The Commander March Commonwealth March Dunlap Commandery March FortPopham March Greeting to Bangor March Hamlin Rifles March Marche Funebre Norembega...
Company. On 3 August 1780, a Company force under Captains Popham and Bruce captured the fort in a nighttime raid, scaling the walls with 12 grenadiers...
Island, Maine at the opening of the Kennebec River and across from FortPopham and Popham Beach. Etnier and his wife Betsy lived on the Morgana for two years...
from predecessor organizations dating from circa 1895. It consisted of the forts, controlled underwater minefields, and other coastal defenses of a particular...
an occasion set to commemorate the failed Popham Colony. Much to the chagrin of the audience and FortPopham Celebration committee members, John Wingate...
Major Home Riggs Popham and Chait Singh was eventually evicted from his control of neighboring areas. For sometime in 1791, Chunar Fort became the headquarters...
Fort McClary is a former defensive fortification of the United States military located along the southern coast at Kittery Point, Maine at the mouth of...
first easement, made up of a major portion on Long Island across from FortPopham. The area covers more than 80 acres and two miles of shoreline. KELT...
the transport of a Congressional Committee in mid-August to Wiscasset, FortPopham and Bath, Maine. On 29 September, Mahoning arrived in Boston, Massachusetts...
police administration. Popham was born on 5 July 1745, the fourth son of Joseph Popham of Gibraltar and Mary Riggs. Popham's younger brother was the...
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